The Earth and its Mechanism; Being an Account of the Various Proofs of the Rotation of the Earth with a Description of the Instruments Used in the Experimental Demonstrations; to Which is Added the Theory of Foucault's Pendulum and Gyroscope
Worms, Henry
(Book #ID 38381)
Published by Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts and Green First Edition 1862. London 1862.
First edition hard back binding in publisher's original russet cloth covers, gilt lettering to the spine, blind tooling to the covers. 8vo 9'' x 6'' xiv, 296 [pages.]. Numerous woodcuts and diagrams throughout. Front end paper missing and in Very Good clean and tight condition, this is NOT an ex-library copy. Loosely enclosed are two papers from The Royal Institution [1851-1854] by C. Wheatstone, M. E. Wilde, Thomas G. Bunt, on 'Fessel's Gyroscope', 'On the Gyreidometer', 'Pendulum Experiments.' Member of the P.B.F.A.
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