Lot 532
Scientific Experiments.- Parry (William Edward) Lt. Henry Foster & Lt. J.C.Ross., Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society...MDCCCXXVI Part IV, 1826.
Hammer Price: £420
Description
Scientific Experiments.- Parry (Capt. William Edward), Lt. Henry Foster & Lt. J.C.Ross. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society...MDCCCXXVI Part IV. Printed at the Expence of the Board of Longitude, 5 engraved plates (3 folding tables) and one lithographed plate, letterpress tables, one folding, final plate lightly browned, otherwise an excellent clean copy in the original blue wrappers, uncut and unopened, 4to, 1826.
⁂ A collection of 9 papers recounting experiments on magnetism and atmospheric refraction carried out by Parry, Foster and Ross in 1824-25 at Port Bowen, on the eastern side of Prince Regent's Inlet, on Parry's third voyage in search of the North-West Passage.
Description
Scientific Experiments.- Parry (Capt. William Edward), Lt. Henry Foster & Lt. J.C.Ross. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society...MDCCCXXVI Part IV. Printed at the Expence of the Board of Longitude, 5 engraved plates (3 folding tables) and one lithographed plate, letterpress tables, one folding, final plate lightly browned, otherwise an excellent clean copy in the original blue wrappers, uncut and unopened, 4to, 1826.
⁂ A collection of 9 papers recounting experiments on magnetism and atmospheric refraction carried out by Parry, Foster and Ross in 1824-25 at Port Bowen, on the eastern side of Prince Regent's Inlet, on Parry's third voyage in search of the North-West Passage.