WILDE, HENRY.

On the Influence of the Configuration and Direction of Coast Lines upon the Rate and Range of the Secular Magnetic Declination

Manchester, The Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society, 1894. 8vo. In the original printed wrappers. Offprint from "Memoirs and Proceedings of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society", Ninth [9] volume, Fourth series. With author's presentation inscription to top of front wrapper: "With the Author's Compliments.". Light soiling to extremities. Very fine and clean. Pp. 181-186 + 1 folded plate.

Scarce offprint issue, with author's presentation inscription, of Wilde's contribution to the magnetic declination of the Earth.

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.

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