PEIRCE, Benjamin An elementary treatise on sound. Boston: James Munroe, 1836
FIRST EDITION., 8vo., lvi, 220 pp.
With 10 engraved folding plates. Original boards, rebacked in linen; 2 small tears on title, light marginal browning and some foxing. Stamps of Apprentices Library. , First edition of one of the author's earliest works devoted to the investigations and theory of sound. Much of the material is compiled from other authors, including John Herschel, Wheatstone, Faraday, Breschnet, Charles Bell, Willis and Rush, with additional material partially rewritten and original remarks by Peirce. This book is also valuable for the fifty page catalogue of works relating to sound.
$US350
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