Georges Dary - A travers l'Électricité - 1903

Fascinating illustrated edition in its beautiful green percaline binding decorated with the Vuibert and Nony series of this detailed study of electrical phenomena and their practical applications at the beginning of the 20th century -

The author presents a pedagogy that is at once instructional and technical, combining theoretical explanations about the nature of electricity, the laws governing it and fundamental experiments, with a presentation of industrial and domestic innovations related to this rapidly expanding energy -

The text addresses generators, motors, circuits, current transmission and safety devices, while describing the advances made in telegraphy, public and domestic lighting, as well as in the early applications to mechanics and communication -

Dary also emphasizes the importance of measuring instruments and experimental methods for understanding and mastering electricity, stressing scientific precision and rigor in observation -

The work is notable for its ability to make complex concepts accessible to a cultured but not necessarily specialized audience, while bearing witness to the era’s enthusiasm for electrical discoveries and their impact on daily life and industry -

Georges Dary - Through Electricity - SD (circa 1903) - Vuibert & Nony -
456 Pages.

Good binding condition, the work in its full green percaline binding decorated with the Vuibert and Nony series, gold and colors of the binding well preserved, wear from use, a few minor defects on the cover, corners worn, gold-edged pages, smooth spine adorned, titling and author’s name in gold, superb black/gold engraving on the front board -

Good interior condition, browning, title page printed in red and black and illustrated with a fine vignette, the work enriched with beautiful black illustrations in-text and out-of-text, marbled endpapers in good condition, a pleasant copy -

Delivery service ensured within a few days -