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DE LUC J(ean) A(ndré) - 
Recherches sur les Modifications de l'Atmosphere contenant l'Histoire
  Critique du Barometre et du Thermometre, un traité sur la Construction
  de ces instrumens, et des experiences relatives a Leurs Usages Et
  principalement à la mesure des Hauteurs & à la correction des
Refractions Moyennes...
Genève, 1772, 2 vols. in-4 ,contemporary half vellum, red edges; pp. 
VIII-416 + XI-(1)- 489-(1) with 1 folded table and 7engraved  folded 
pls. Lighthly uniformerly foxed  on some leaves. First edition.
  Wolff, Hist. of Science II, p. 288. The author's most important 
work, containing his discovery of the maximum density of water, his 
invention of hygrometer, and his observations on latent heat. He was 
the discoverer of dry pile afterwards by Zamboni, and the first to 
give correct rules for measuring heights by the barometer". 
(Zeitlinger). Poggendorff, I, 545/546 - Honeyman, 2053 - Perret, 1268 
: ""Tres rare"".
euro 2,600,00

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