The Life of the Honourable Henry Cavendish Including Abstracts of his More Important Scientific Papers and A Critical Inquiry Into The Claims of All the Alleged Discoverers of the Composition of Water
by Wilson, George
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- G : in good condition without dust jacket. Rubbed and marked. Some splits to outer hinges. Some inner hinge cracking. Some age d
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Alnwick, Northumberland, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: The Cavendish Society. G : in good condition without dust jacket. Rubbed and marked. Some splits to outer hinges. Some inner hinge cracking. Some age darkening to page edges. Neat pencilled annotations on back paste down. Clean and bright overall. 1851. First Edition. Green/gilt illustrated hardback cloth cover. 230mm x 150mm (9" x 6"). 478pp. Illustrations within the text; engraved frontisplate of Cavendish. Henry Cavendish(1731 1810) was a British natural philosopher, scientist, and an important experimental and theoretical chemist and physicist. Cavendish is noted for his discovery of hydrogen or what he called "inflammable air".(See his 1766 paper "On Factitious Airs"). A notoriously shy man, Cavendish was nonetheless distinguished for great accuracy and precision in his researches into the composition of atmospheric air, the properties of different gases, the synthesis of water, the law governing electrical attraction and repulsion, a mechanical theory of heat, and calculations of the density (and hence the mass) of the Earth. His experiment to measure the density of the Earth has come to be known as the Cavendish experiment. .
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- Bookseller
- Barter Books Ltd (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- k0817
- Title
- The Life of the Honourable Henry Cavendish Including Abstracts of his More Important Scientific Papers and A Critical Inquiry Into The Claims of All the Alleged Discoverers of the Composition of Water
- Author
- Wilson, George
- Format/Binding
- Green/gilt illustrated hardback cloth cover
- Book Condition
- Used - G : in good condition without dust jacket. Rubbed and marked. Some splits to outer hinges. Some inner hinge cracking. Some age d
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Cavendish Society
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1851
- Keywords
- Physics, Chemistry
- Bookseller catalogs
- Physics;
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Barter Books Ltd
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Alnwick, Northumberland
About Barter Books Ltd
Since its opening in 1991 within the premises of a small model factory at Alnwick Station, Barter Books has grown well beyond original expectations. Starting off in what was the ticket and parcel office of the original Station, the bookshop has expanded down the platforms and through the waiting rooms, until it now covers over one-quarter of the whole Station site. This translates into an area exceeding 8000 square feet and containing over 350,000 books on more than three miles of shelving. Also the Famous Writers Mural - 40 feet long by 18 feet high, the similarly sized Railway Mural and the Tennyson Installation. The bookshop also sells secondhand videos and music (CDs, LPs, cassettes, sheet music), as well as a small but growing section of artists' prints. And then there are the shop's many extra features! These include an open fire in the winter, coffee and cookies, a model railway running above the book columns, a mini-cybercafe, generous seating and browsing areas, a children's room, and dozens of glass cases containing many of the more interesting antiquarian books. The latest feature is the Station Buffet with hot and cold food and a fine selection of coffees and teas. A final note: during the enlargement process the owners took (and are taking!) particular pleasure in restoring, as they can, various features of the Station. This so far includes the original North Eastern Railway cast iron fireplaces, two of the Station clocks, a drinking fountain, and various waiting rooms. Most dramatic of all, however, was the restoration of part of the glass roof. That was when we all stood about watching as the sun came streaming in for the first time in many years to bring the wonderful old Station visually back to life.
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