Papers on electricity in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Vol. LXVIII. For the year 1778

Parts I & II. London: J. Nichols, for Lockyer Davis, 1778. Whole volume, viii, 1099pp., 18 pll. Paper with deckled edges, uncut and unopened. Cardboard and paper boards with paper spine and spine label featuring volume and year. Plates 1-7 missing (has plates 8-18 + 4 folding tables), pp. 389-418 missing. A good copy. Three notable papers in this volume are as follows:
(1) Ingenhousz, John. XLVI. A ready way of lighting a candle, by a very moderate electric spark, pp. 1022-1026.
(2) " " XLVIII. Electrical experiments, to explain how far the phenomena of the electrophorous may be accounted for by Dr. Franklin's theory of positive and negative electricity; being the annual lecture instituted by the will of Henry Baker, Esq., F.R.S., pp. 1027-1048.
(3) Henly, William. XLIX. Observations and experiments tending to confirm Dr. Ingenhousz's theory of the electrophorus; and to shew the impermeability of glass to electric fluid, pp. 1049-1055. Jan (or John) Ingenhousz (1730-1799) was a Dutch-born British physiologist, biologist, and chemist, who is best known for discovering the processes of photosynthesis and cellular respiration. During his lifetime he was known for inoculating the members of the Hapsburg family in Vienna against smallpox in 1768 (successfully!), subsequently bein the private counsellor and personal physician to the Austrian Empress Maria Theresa.