Lot n° 91
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80 - 120
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NOLLET (Jean-Antoine)
Recherches sur les... - Lot 91 - Briscadieu
NOLLET (Jean-Antoine)
Recherches sur les causes particulières des phénomènes électriques, et sur les effets nuisibles ou avantageux qu'on peut en attendre, third edition, Paris, Les Frères Guerin, 1753.
In-8; 8 folding plates (2 with small marginal tears).
Contemporary marbled basane, ornate spine, blond title-piece, one bit cracked at starters, rubbed, red edge.
Jean-Antoine Nollet, known as Abbé Nollet, was a great popularizer of the physical sciences in the 18th century. Specializing in the study of electrical phenomena, he designed the first electroscopes and introduced the Leyden bottle to the French for the first time. He is considered a precursor of technical education.
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