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1850408771850. <p>Rare 19th Century American Electricity Broadside</p> <p>Electricity Wonderful experiments! At the Liberty Hall Groton this evening Feb. 19 inst. Dr. Fisk begs to inform the ladies and gentlemen of this place that he will give one night of pleasing and instructive amusement . . . Broadside. Woodcut illustrations. N.p.: Samuel B. Hall n.d. ca. 1850. 627 x 225 mm. Small portion of one corner torn not affecting text some creasing minor stains but very good.</p> <p>Rare nineteenth-century American broadside advertising Dr. Fisk's traveling show offering a "pleasing and instructive" demonstration of the many and varied uses of electricity. Among the marvels promised were "a splendid railway engine . . . driven by electricity 200 miles per hour" "electro-magnetic engines of immense power . . . driving a variety of useful machines" and "cannons and fireworks . . . fired by electricity." The broadside also proclaims that "a medical galvanizing machine will be at work for the benefit of all" which Dr. Fisk whom we have not been able to identify would use to make "chickens . . . fly without heads" and "sheep that have been dead some time . . . jump and run about." The broadside has blank spaces for inserting the place and date of Dr. Fisk's performance which have been filled in with the words "Liberty Hall Groton Connecticut" and "Feb. 19" in pencil in a nineteenth-century hand. </p> . 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
1886798751886. ELECTRICITY REPORT OF THE ELECTRICAL CONFERENCE AT PHILADELPHIA IN SEPTEMBER 1884. Washington: Government Printing Office 1886. 183 pp. 8vo. red pebbled cloth with gilt cover lettering. Ex-library with usual markings minor shelfwear to heel of spine. Light soil to spine and boards. Proceedings of the National Conference of Electricians at the International Electrical Exhibition. B/w diagrams. 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
1896JC126001896. Ephemera. Very Good. Single leaf tan paper printed and illustrated an image of DeLeon's act in black ink on the recto only 355x165mm; with cloth backing. Some flattened creases from folding; a little light wrinkling; faint inkstamp. Displays nicely. <br/><br/>DeLeon was known for walking on a bare cable charged with electricity 50 feet in mid-air a continuous current "passing through his body. beautifully illuminated by the deadly fluid." He "makes an Arc Lamp of himself by holding a carbon in each hand and thus forming a lamp of 2000 Candle power." Step right up. unknown books
188443325London 1884. 1st Printing. Modern plum colored cloth spine over marbled paper-wrapped boards. Printed paper title label to front board. Binding - Fine. Textblock - VG age-toning/blue 'x' in lower left margin of page 1. 4 adverts 34 2 adverts pp. Adverts illustrated with cuts. 8vo. 10" x 6-3/4" <br/><br/>Abel's Address to the Society concerns the current status of large scale application of electrical lighting. hardcover books
199941859NY:: Cambridge University Press. Near Fine. 1999. Hardcover. 0521623200 . First edition. Remainder mark on bottom edge else fine in glossy illustrated boards. No dust jacket as issued. Still in original shrinkwrap. . Cambridge University Press, hardcover 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
200320708NY: PublicAffairs. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2003. Hardcover. 1891620703 . First printing. About fine in like dust jacket. . PublicAffairs hardcover books
185323891New York: George P. Putnam 1853. 1st edition. Presentation copy from the author. Original brown publisher's cloth with gilt spine lettering. VG sq & tight/old price sticker to preliminary front blank. xvi 191 pp. Illustrated with cuts. 12mo. <br/><br/>Not in the Ronalds' collection. George P. Putnam hardcover books
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
188443328London 1884. 1st Printing. Modern plum colored cloth spine over marbled paper-wrapped boards. Printed paper title label to front board. Binding - Fine. Textblock - VG age-toning. 2 adverts 319 - 362 2 adverts pp. Text double column. Thompson's article pp. 319 - 344. Fold-out table of 'The Electric Light Companies' follows page 334. Adverts illustrated with cuts. Article illustrated with 34 intratextual figures. 8vo. 10" x 6-3/4" <br/><br/> hardcover books
188443312London 1884. 1st Printing. Modern plum colored cloth spine over marbled paper-wrapped boards. Printed paper title label to front board. Binding - Fine. Textblock - VG age-toning. 2 adverts 685 - 716 2 adverts pp. Text double column. Probert's article pp. 703 - 711. Adverts illustrated with cuts. 8vo. 10" x 6-3/4" <br/><br/> hardcover books
188643327London 1886. 1st Printing. Modern plum colored cloth spine over marbled paper-wrapped boards. Printed paper title label to front board. Binding - Fine. Textblock - VG age-toning and bit of foxing. iv 55 - 70 v - viii pp. Text double column. Webber's article pp. 55 - 66. Frontis. Article ilustrated with 6 figures. Adverts illustrated with cuts. 8vo. 10" x 6-3/4" <br/><br/> hardcover books
