BOILLOT A.Livre Rare Book
[METEOROLOGY - HAIL STONE].Biblio.com
Abbildung der Größe u. ganz besondern Farbe der 6 Zoll langen u. 3 Zoll diken Schlossen von 2. bis 3. ll. schwer welche d. 13. August. 1802. Nachmittags zwischen Nürnberg Stadling Kraftshof über den Wald nach Stödenberg Heroldsberg bis Bernbach u. Bula gefallen sind. Die Länge des Streifes war 6. Stund die Breite von 60. bis Ende auf 1800 Schritt.
1802FAOEI9M1HTV7Nuremberg 1802. 4to 20.5 x 17.5 cm. Frau Kraerin Frau. Daucherin Mounted on a piece of laid paper ca. 1926. Engraved print on laid paper showing a cross-section of an enormous and colourful hail stone coloured by a contemporary hand as published. Title image and caption in a thin-line border with the imprint below the border at the foot. 1 leaf. An engraved print an illustrated flier or Flugschrift reporting a curious meteorological event showing a cross-section of one of the enormous hail stones that fell near Heroldsberg about 11 km northeast of Nuremberg on 13 August 1802. It weighed 2 17/32 Pfund nearly 1.5 kg measured 6 Zoll long and 3 Zoll thick about 15×7.5 cm and was unusually colourful as depicted in the colouring of the print in pink and grey. The print also shows the distinctive layered structure of the hail stoneWith the margins trimmed off removing the thin-line border at the head but without affecting the texts image or the other borders. Otherwise in very good condition.l Monathliche . . . Anzeigen zur ältern und neuern Geschichte Nürnbergs 6 1802 pp. 119-120; not in KVK & WorldCat. ABE CAT Art History unknown
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