1753 Electricity 1ed Rabiqueau Experiment Science Physics Ben Franklin Lightning

1753 Electricity 1^ed Rabiqueau Experiment Science Physics Ben Franklin Lightning

 

Charles Rabiqueau’s “Spectacle of Elemental Fire” is a rare, mid-18^th-century treatise on electricity experiments. Rabiqueau is a rather unknown physicist and scientist; however, his book remains an important resource on early understanding and behavior of electricity citing Benjamin Franklin’s research. Other notable topics include:

• A description of the death of George Wilhelm Richmann who died during an experiment studying atmospheric (lightning) electricity
• Use of electricity in medicine
• Rabiqueau’s letters on electricity

 

Item number: #19525

Price: $750

 

RABIQUEAU, Charles

 

Le spectacle du feu elementaire, ou, Cours d’electricité experimentale

 

Paris : Jombert, Knapen, Duchesne, 1753. 1^st edition

 

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages
  • [4], 4, 296, [6], 14, 34
  • 10 folding plates
• Language: French
• Binding: Leather; tight and secure
• Size: ~8in X 5in (20cm x 13cm)

 

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