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1757314545London 1757. May 1750 p 208; May 1752 pp 227-229; and January 1757 pp 22-23 respectively. 3 vols. 8vo. Disbound. Very good. May 1750 p 208; May 1752 pp 227-229; and January 1757 pp 22-23 respectively. 3 vols. 8vo. Franklin on Electrity. Three articles by Franklin relating to his experiments in electricity published in the Gentleman's Magazine. unknown books
177919279Firenze Florence: Per Gaetano Cambiai Stamp. Granducale 1779. First edition in Italian of Cavallo's first book. Front hinge separated but cords are holding; some edge wear and rubbing to the boards; a good sound copy. 8vo contemporary decorated paper boards backed with contrasting block-printed paper and an autograph spine label xx 511 1 pages untrimmed. From this Italian-born English physicist the Italian translation of a work first published in London in 1777 as A Complete Treatise of Electricity in Theory and Practice; Cavallo includes suggestions to his translator in his prefatory note suggesting he was involved in the translation and revision of the work. This edition also includes a new dedication from the translator to the English Florentine expatriate George Clavering-Cowper dated 26 March 1779. Includes mention of Franklin and his lightning rods accounts of experiments conducted by Cavallo with Leiden jars and other apparatuses and experiments with medical treatment with electricity. With a folding table of experimental data bound after page 468 and three folding engravings of various pieces of electrical equipment bound in the rear. Per Gaetano Cambiai Stamp. Granducale, unknown books
174753510Verona: Giannalberto Tumermani 1747. First edition. Engraved title vignette and headpiece. 8 189 7 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Original boards uncut. Some early but faint dampstaining throughout -- otherwise a fine wide-margined copy. First edition. Engraved title vignette and headpiece. 8 189 7 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Maffei On the Formation of Lightning 1747. Collection of fifteen letters on the origins of lightning by the enlightened polymath Maffei 1675-1755 "said by Grimelli Storia to contain all the anterior letters on Lightning published by him i.e. all before 1746 the date of the censorship." - Ronalds<br/><br/>The book is rare in institutions -- OCLC gives only one location. Ronalds p. 314; Gartrell p. 334; OCLC: 23628231 one location: U. of Michigan; Mottelay p. 321; Baaken Library p. 83; not in Wheeler; not in RLIN Giannalberto Tumermani unknown books
17893582Rome:: nella stamperia Salomoni 1789. FIRST EDITION. Octavo:. 20.5 x 140 cm. 2 xxxvi p. This is a beautiful copy in contemporary red pasteboard with gold floral impressions and decorative paste-paper pastedowns. The text printed on thick paper is in excellent condition. A very fresh copy. The engraved title-page has a vignette of the Quirinale palace in Rome with the lightning conductor installed on its roof. Rare. 5 copies in North America: Burndy Harvard Huntington Smithsonian American Philosophical Association. First edition of this rare publication dealing with the construction of the lightning conductor installed on the Quirinal Palace in Rome in order to prevent further damage from lightning strikes. Calandrelli discusses the electrical experiments of other well-known scientists such as Priestley Toaldo Landriani De Saussure Reccaria Lord Malion and above all those of Benjamin Franklin including Franklin's iconic kite experiment of June 1752. The kite experiment is described on pages 2-3. On pages 4 and 5 credit is given to Franklin who understood that electricity prefers metal to all other materials as a conductor for the invention of the lightning rod "to protect buildings from fatal lightning strikes". This invention Calandrelli asserts should be of interest to all but especially to those who live in North America "where storms are more frequent and more severe." Franklin's observations of the lightning rods erected by William Maine in South Carolina and of William West in Philadelphia are also included in Calandrelli's account. Wheeler Gift 554 nella stamperia Salomoni, unknown books
