Letters of Euler on Different Subjects in Natural Philosophy Addressed to a German Princess, Vol. II Only of Two Volumes by Euler, Leonhard; Brewster, David; Griscom, John - 1833

NY: J. & J. Harper. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards lightly worn, corners rounded, some . light foxing to first and last several leaves.. 1833. First American Edition. Hardcover. Red blindstamped cloth with elaborate gilt design and red leather gilt-stamped lettering piece on spine. Notes and life of Euler by Brewster and additional notes by John Griscom. This is volume two of a two-volume collection of published letters by 18th century Swiss mathematician and scientist Leonhard Euler. While working at the Berlin Academy, he was asked by King Frederick the Great to tutor one of his nieces in what was then termed "natural philosophy" which we now divide into the various disciplines of astronomy, physics, and philosophy. The letters were originally published in 1768, but were not translated into English until 1823. They were first published in America by J. & J. Harper in this 1833 edition and as volumes in their Harper's Family Library series. The letters in this second volume were written in 1761-62 and concern philosophy, astronomy, optics, magnetics, longitude, electricity, weather, and the wonders of the human voice. Many figures. Glossary of scientific terms at rear. Contemporary owner signature of E. S. Chaffin (? ) Springfield, Mass, on front pastedown. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 436 pages .