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London: Printed for the author, 1802. SECOND EDITION. Illustrated with 49 folding copperplates. Contemporary calf, worn and rubbed; scattered browning, spotting and offsetting from plates, some waterstains. From the library of Arnold Thackray with his bookplate on the paste-down of each volume.
A System Of Familiar Philosophy: In Twelve Lectures; Being The Course Usually Read By Mr. A. Walker Containing The Elements And The Practical Uses To Be Drawn From The Chemical Properties Of Matter: The Principles and Application Of Mechanics; Of Hydrostatics; Of Hydraulics; Of Pneumatics; Of Magnetism; Of Electricity; Of Optics; And Of Astronomy. Including Every Material Modern Discovery And Improvement To The Present Time by Walker, Adam - 1799
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A System Of Familiar Philosophy: In Twelve Lectures; Being The Course Usually Read By Mr. A. Walker Containing The Elements And The Practical Uses To Be Drawn From The Chemical Properties Of Matter: The Principles and Application Of Mechanics; Of Hydrostatics; Of Hydraulics; Of Pneumatics; Of Magnetism; Of Electricity; Of Optics; And Of Astronomy. Including Every Material Modern Discovery And Improvement To The Present Time
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London: Printed for the Author, 1799. First edition. leather_bound. Modern full brown calf. Very good. /No Dust Jacket. 571 pages. 27 x 21 cm. Illustrated by forty-seven copper-engraved fold-out plates. "Walker traveled as a lecturer in natural philosophy, and after visiting most of the great town of Great Britain and Ireland, he met Joseph Priestley who induced him to lecture in the Haymarket in 1778." [see: DNB, p.2173]. His mechanical inventions included engines for raising water, carriages powered by wind or steam, a road mill, a machine for watering land, and a dibbling plough. With half title, List of Subsribers and Extensive Indes. Book label, fore-edges of some plates embrowned with slight loss, half centimeter chip spine head toward back cover.
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FRESH & HANDSOME COPYEXPOSITION OF SCIENTIFIC ADVANCES[Full title] A System of Familiar Philosophy in Twelve Lectures being the Course usually read by Mr. A. Walker. Containing the Elements and the Practical Uses to be Drawn from the Chemical Properties of Matter the Principles and Application of Mechanics; of Hydrostatics; of Hydraulics; of Pneumatics; of Magnetism; of Electricity; of Optics; and of Astronomy. Including every Material Modern Discovery and Improvement to the Present Time. Illustrated by Forty-nine Copper-Plates, neatly and accurately Engraved. A New Edition; in Two Volumes.second edition 2 vols. 4to. (iii)-xvi, 354; iv, 251, [25 (index)], [1 (blank)], [2 (advts.)]pp., 49 folding plates, contemporary full polished tan calf, sides with a double blind fillet border, spines panelled by broad raised bands which are decorated in blind and highlighted in gilt, large blind tool in panel centres, black morocco title and volume labels lettered and highlighted in gilt,…
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1799 Science Lectures Adam Walker Electricity Astronomy Optics Chemistry PhysicsAdam Walker was an 18th-century scientist known for his numerous lectures on a variety of topics including mechanics, hydrostatics, hydraulics, pneumatics, and electricity. Many of these lectures were included in this 1799 printing of the 'Familiar Philosophy'. The first lecture is of particular interest – discussion on light, zodiac, and the power of fire! It should be noted that this impressive edition contains 47 copper engravings.
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WALKER, Adam
A System of familiar philosophy in twelve lectures
London: Printed for the author, 1799. 1st edition
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John Pemberton Plumptre (1791–1864) was a British politician. He was elected as a Conservative Member of Parliament for East Kent in 1832, and resigned on 29 January 1852 through… Read More
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