BIOT, JEAN BAPTISTE.

Lehrbuch der Experimental = Physik oder Erfahrungs=Naturlehre. Zweite Auflage der deutschen Bearbeitung. Mit Hinzufügung der neueren und einheimischen Entdeckungen von Gustav Theodor Fechner. 5 Bde.

Leipzig, Leopold Voss, 1828-29. Bound in 5 contemp. half calf. Gilt spines, titlelabels with gilt lettering. A paperlabel pasted on upper part of spines. Stamps on title-pages. Spines a little rubbed. Engraved portrait (Biot) and 23 large folded engraved plates.

Second German edition of this important work as it was one of the best textbooks of the period on physics, and in which he reports his investigations on the rotatory dispersion of plane-polarized light. Apart from the physical part, the work also deals with the chemical properties of gases, exothermic reactions, electrolytes, and Voltaic piles etc. etc.

Order-nr.: 52534