WILDE ON THE ORIGIN OF ELEMENTS

WILDE, HENRY.

On the Origin of Elementary Substances, and on some New Relations of their Atomic Weights.

Manchester, T. Sowler and Co., 1878. 8vo. In the original printed wrappers. Offprint from "The Proceedings of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society", April 30. Author's presentation inscription to front wrapper "Edmund J Mills / with the Author's Compliments". Miscolouring to lower part of front wrapper. Internally fine and clean. 25 pp. + 1 folded plate.

Scarce offprint issue, with author's presentation inscription, of Wilde's contribution to the origin of elements and his views on the newly created periodic system.

Henry Wilde (1833 - 1919) a wealthy individual from Manchester, England who used his self-made fortune to indulge his interest in electrical engineering. He invented the dynamo-electric machine, or self-energising dynamo, published in 1866. The machine was considered remarkable at the time, especially since Wilde was fond of spectacular demonstrations, such as the ability of his machine to cause iron bars to melt.

Order-nr.: 48040