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Lot 172
[Wilson (Benjamin)] A Treatise on Electricity, first edition, dedicatee association copy inscribed to Granville Hastings Wheler, 1750.
Hammer Price: £280
Description
[Wilson (Benjamin)] A Treatise on Electricity, first edition, dedicatee association copy inscribed "Granville Hastings Wheler the gift of Christopher Wilson Esq", 5 folding engraved plates, scattered faint spotting, bookplate, contemporary calf, gilt, red morocco spine label ,bumping to corners and spine extremities, 8vo, 1750.
⁂ Benjamin Wilson (1721-88), was a painter and scientist. He opposed Benjamin Franklin's theory of positive and negative electricity. His most well known experimental work was on the electrical properties of tourmaline, which gained him international recognition.
Granville Wheler (1701-1770) was a fellow scientist who was the first in England to electrify a live animal. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1728. Wilson dedicated this work to him.
Description
[Wilson (Benjamin)] A Treatise on Electricity, first edition, dedicatee association copy inscribed "Granville Hastings Wheler the gift of Christopher Wilson Esq", 5 folding engraved plates, scattered faint spotting, bookplate, contemporary calf, gilt, red morocco spine label ,bumping to corners and spine extremities, 8vo, 1750.
⁂ Benjamin Wilson (1721-88), was a painter and scientist. He opposed Benjamin Franklin's theory of positive and negative electricity. His most well known experimental work was on the electrical properties of tourmaline, which gained him international recognition.
Granville Wheler (1701-1770) was a fellow scientist who was the first in England to electrify a live animal. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1728. Wilson dedicated this work to him.
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