[Rarebooks] FS: 18th c. Venetian study on electricity and lightning rods.

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(SCIENCE) [Toaldo, Giuseppe]. DEL CONDUTTORE ELECTTRICO POSTO NEL CAMPANILE 
DI S. MARCO IN VENEZIA Memoria, in Cui Occasionalmente Si Ragiona Dei 
Conduttore, Che Possono Applicarsi ai Vascelli, al Magazzini da Polvere, ed Altri 
Edifizj. Venice: (Per li Figliuoli del qu. Z. Antonio Pinelli). 1776. 4to. 
xxxviiipp. Copper engraved frontispiece, and large title page vignette, headpieces and 
capitals. Orig. stiffened marbled paper wrappers, spine reinforced with 
repair tape.     $500.00 (trade discount allowed)
A work by Toaldo (1719-1798) on placing lightning rods on the bell tower and 
church of San Marco in Venice, and how the technology can be applied to ships, 
powder magazines and other buildings.

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