Pierre Jacotot - Cours de physique expérimentale et de chimie. Planches - 1800

Rare illustrated edition of 61 beautiful engraved plates on fine paper of this educational manual, which sits within the scientific momentum of the turn of the 19th century, a period when physics and chemistry were taking shape as distinct yet complementary experimental disciplines -

The work presents itself as a manual aimed at setting forth the fundamental principles of physics through practical demonstrations, emphasizing observation and experiment as reliable sources of knowledge, and it covers a variety of topics such as mechanics, optics, electricity and heat -

In parallel, the section devoted to chemistry illustrates the recent discoveries of the period, notably the influence of Lavoisier and his contemporaries, by describing the reactions, substances, and laboratory methods that allow us to understand the composition and transformation of matter -

Pierre Jacotot - Course of Experimental Physics and Chemistry. Plates - 1800 - Richard, Caille and Ravier, Coquet -

Binding absent, volume in landscape format, starts at the endpapers, wear from use, damaged spine with loss of material, pigmented edges, smooth, unlettered spine.

Good interior condition, rare foxing spots, the work enriched with 61 beautiful engraved plates on good paper -

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