(De Magnete...). Epistle of Peter Peregrinus "On the Magnet" written in 1269, is done into English by Sylvanus P.Thompson form the printed Latin Versions of Gasser, Bertelli and Hellmann. Ldn., Caxton Type at the Chiswick Press Chiswick Press by Charles Whittingham and Company 1902. Rubriziert in rot u. blau. 16 Bl. Kl.4°. Olwd. (Etw. fleckig u. berieb.).

Eines von 240 num Ex. - Mit hs. Widm. "To Dr. Bedford Pierce in memory of Thomas Thompson who decorated the pages of this little book. S.P.T." auf flieg. Vors. N.a.V. - Zur Erstausgabe: Wheeler Gift 46c. Parkinson, Breakthroughs, 1269. Mottelay pp. 45-54: "the earliest known work of experimental science." This translation, by Silvanus P.Thompson, was amended with reference to a copy of a manuscript in his possession, and beautifully printed in a limited edition of 250 copies (this copy is unnumbered and not in the edition binding). Wheeler Gift 46c.

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