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Auction 64
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64-3131 Ferguson,J.
Lectures on select Subjects in Mechanics, Hydrostatics, Pneumatics, and Optics. With the Use of the Globes, the Art of Dialing, and the Calculation of the Mean Times of New and Full Moons and Eclipses. Ldn., Millar 1764. 4°. Mit 23 gefalt. Kupfertaf. VII, 252 S., 2 Bl. Mod. Hldr. m. Rverg.
Vgl. Houzeau/L. 1771. Wellcome III, 17. Wheeler-Gift 819. Stevenson II, 727. Poggend. I, 734. Sotheran, Bibl. chemico-math. 1321 (Ausg. 1799). - "The well-known work which first appeared under the title of "Introduction or Lectures on Electricity", now becomes still more popular under the head of "Lectures on select Subiects ..."(Mottelay 232). Das bekannte, vielfach aufgelegte Grundlagenwerk zu verschiedenen Bereichen v. Technik, Mechanik, Astronomie etc. behandelt u. a. auch elektrische Phänomene, - - Ferguson, Sohn eines Tagelöhners u. Autodidakt, schrieb Traktate über Astronomie und Physik, lebte anfänglich von Porträtmalerei. "Ferguson's great merit as a scientific teacher lay in clearness, both of thought and style, and in the extreme ingennuity with which by means of machines and diagrams he brought the eye to help the mind of the learner." (Dic.Nat.Bio. VI, 1210). - Die instruktiven Taf. zeigen physikalische Experimente u. Apparate, darunter Luftpumpen, Schöpfräder u.v.m. - Papierbedingt leicht gebräunt, Tit. angefalzt., tls. stockfl. Ca. 20 Bl. mit kl. Knickspur im ob. Eck. Sonst ordentlich u. sauber. N.a.T.
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