TYNDALL, JOHN.

On some Physical Properties of Ice. Received December 17, - Read December 17, 1857.

(London, Taylor and Francis, 1858). 4to. No wrappers as extracted from "Philosophical Transactions" 1858 - Vol. 149 - Part I. Pp. 211-229, textillustrations. Clean and fine.

First printing of a pioneerwork on the physical properties of natural ice and its relation to his glaciological investigations.
"The observations upon Glaciers, to be recorded in a subsequent paper, led me to make some experiments upon the physical properties of ice, the results of which are, I hope, of sufficient interest to justfy me in presenting them to the Royal Society."(Tyndall).

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