An Essay on Dew, and Several Appearances Connected With It
by Wells, William Charles
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
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Belfast, Maine, United States
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About This Item
London: Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer, 1866. As. Hardcover. Very Good. William Charles Wells (1757-1817) was a physician and physicist who conducted numerous experiments on friost and dew. Wells first believed that dew and frost were the causes of air that was a few degrees colder than the ground. He began to experiment and changed his theory when he realized that a combination of temperature, temperature change, and heat being conducted by various materials on the ground caused the condensate that resulted in dew or frost. vi, 152 pp. 8vo. Brown cloth boards with blind embossed borders, brown leather spine with five raised bands from earlier rebinding, gold embossed titling to spine. Slight darkening of pages due to quality of paper, quite clean overall. Previous owner's name in ink on first free endpaper and title page. 23 pp.of Casella catalog of meteorological instruments at rear.
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- Bookseller
- Craig Olson Books ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 29257
- Title
- An Essay on Dew, and Several Appearances Connected With It
- Author
- Wells, William Charles
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- As
- Publisher
- Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1866
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Belfast, Maine
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