Essais sur L'Hygrometrie
by de Saussure, Horace-Benedict
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Belfast, Maine, United States
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About This Item
Neuchatel, Switzerland: Samuel Fauche, 1783. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Volume explains Horace Bénédict de Saussure's (1740-1799) development of the hygrometer that used a hair as the humidity and pressure indicator. Important work in early scientific apparatus. xxiv, 367 pp. 2 Plates. 4to. Red past paper covers with brown leather spine. Blind embossed tilting and rules to spine. Scuffing and wear overall. Two paltes at rear illustrating text and apparatus, first plate folding. Blue silk ribbon page marker still present. Text in French.
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- Bookseller
- Craig Olson Books ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 29222
- Title
- Essais sur L'Hygrometrie
- Author
- de Saussure, Horace-Benedict
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Samuel Fauche
- Place of Publication
- Neuchatel, Switzerland
- Date Published
- 1783
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Belfast, Maine
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