PHOTOVOLTAICS AND SOLAR ENERGY BEGIN: "The Action of Light on Selenium" (Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Vol. 167 for the Year 1877 Part I & Part II, pp. 313-349)
by Adams, W. G.; Day, R. E
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Belfast, Maine, United States
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About This Item
London: Royal Society of London, 1878. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Adams and Day's paper outlines their discovery that, when illuminated with a candle, that selenium produced a flow of electricity. Current solar panels and other solar charged equipment like desktop calculators were built off this principle.
Also contains John Tyndall's "Further Researches on the Deportment and Vital Persistence of Putrefactive and Infective Organisms from a Physical Point of View" (pp. 149-206). v, 756 pp. 31 plates. 4to. Recent brown three quarter leather bindings with five raised bands at spine, burgundy title patch with gold embossed titling, gold lines offsetting bands, decorative stamp in each compartment without titling, blind embossed borders to front and rear boards. Table of Contents has a horizontal tear mid-page on p.[v], triangular piece missing from lower right corner of p. 163. Interiors clean. Numerous folding plates that illustrate articles. Pages were trimmed slightly when rebound.
Also contains John Tyndall's "Further Researches on the Deportment and Vital Persistence of Putrefactive and Infective Organisms from a Physical Point of View" (pp. 149-206). v, 756 pp. 31 plates. 4to. Recent brown three quarter leather bindings with five raised bands at spine, burgundy title patch with gold embossed titling, gold lines offsetting bands, decorative stamp in each compartment without titling, blind embossed borders to front and rear boards. Table of Contents has a horizontal tear mid-page on p.[v], triangular piece missing from lower right corner of p. 163. Interiors clean. Numerous folding plates that illustrate articles. Pages were trimmed slightly when rebound.
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- Bookseller
- Craig Olson Books ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 28539
- Title
- PHOTOVOLTAICS AND SOLAR ENERGY BEGIN: "The Action of Light on Selenium" (Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Vol. 167 for the Year 1877 Part I & Part II, pp. 313-349)
- Author
- Adams, W. G.; Day, R. E
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Royal Society of London
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1878
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