Physico-mechanical experiments on various subjects. Containing an account of several surprizing phenomena touching light and electricity, producible on the attrition of bodies. With many other remarkable appearances not before observed...2. ed. London, Senex u. Taylor 1719. Mit 8 gefalt. Kupfertaf. 8 Bl., 336 S. Ldr. d. Zt. mit Blindpräg. (Rckn. erneuert, Ecken u. Kanten mit kl. Fehlstellen im Bezug, Kanten tls. beschabt, etw. fleckig, berieben u. bestoßen).

Vgl. Ronalds 234. Wheeler Gift 232 Poggendorff I, 1041. Roller-G. I, 520. Bibl. Dt. Mus., Libri rari 129 (nur 2. A. 1719). Zweite Ausgabe. - "One of the most important early works on electricity' (Duveen); while Hauksbee as a demonstrator at the Royal Society, and to a large extent dependent on Newton for the theoretical basis of his experimental work.. under the shadow of the great man but his carefully constructed experimental work influenced Newton in a number of areas, most significantly reflected in Newton's revisions and additions to the Principia and the Opticks. Hauksbee was the first to demonstrate the optical effects produced by the passage of electricity through rarified air. The first edition appeared in 1709 but this second edition is considerably enlarged by an extra 84 pages of experiments. - Durchgeh. gebräunt u. stockfleckig. Tit. minimal randrissig. Vors. erneuert. Die Taf. tls. mit kl. Randeinrissen u. Knickfalten. Tit. u. 3 Bl. am Anfang mit Knickfalte. - Rebacked. Browning and foxing. Exlibris: "The Franklin Institute Library. The Elihu Thomson Collection" mit Bibl.-Sign. u. Namenszug v. Elihu Johnson.

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