Faraday as a Discoverer
London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1868. Hardcover. 8vo. Very Good / No Jacket. Item #006427
Full brown cloth, gilt lettering to spine head. viii, 171 pp. B&W frontis w/ tissue guard. One additional plate w/ portrait from Daguerrotype by Claudet. Bumping to spine ends and corners, spine darkened, rubbing to joints, a few spots of wear to edges, damp stain to lower front corner. Cracking to hinges. Bookplate of Edgar T. Peer to front pastedown. Library stamp of Solicitors Supreme Courts Library to verso of frontis. Age toning to edges of pages, a few stains throughout. An account of the life and work of Englist scientist Michael Faraday, whose main discoveries include the principles underlying electromagnetic induction, diamagnetism and electrolysis.
Price: $75.00