CHILDREN, J.G. "An Account of Some Experiments, etc. Detail de quelques experiences faites avec un grande batterie Voltaique" in Bibliotheque Universelle.

CHILDREN, J.G. "An Account of Some Experiments, etc. Detail de quelques experiences faites avec un grande batterie Voltaique" in Bibliotheque Universelle, Geneva, Imprimerie Bibliotheque Universelle, 1816, volume 1, xi, 326pp, folding plate. Bound in paper covered boards, gilt stamped title on spine. Provenance: Staatsbibliothek, Berlin, and also from "Kong. Bergwerks Bibliothek", (Royal Mining Library) with their two small stamps on the title page. Ex-library: paper call number on bottom spine, and aside from these two bits there are no other markings. The binding is tight, the book strong and squared, and the text is very fresh and crisp. GOOD/VERY GOOD copy. [++] Some of the interesting papers include: CHILDREN, J.G. "An Account of Some Experiments, etc. Detail de quelques experiences faites avec un grande batterie Voltaique" pp 108-118. W. Hyde WOLLASTON, "Description of an Elementary, etc., Description d'une batterie galvanique elementaire" pp 119-123. BIOT, J.B. "Traite de Physique Experimentale et Mathematique". Review of sorts, of Biot's massive 4-volume work, pp 85-108. PICTET, "Sur les variations que peut eprouver dans salongeur und barre de fer soumise a l'action de diverses forces." pp 171-200. The. De GROTTHOUSS, "Uber Einen Neuen Lichsauger, etc., Sur l'Absorption reele de lumiere qui a lieu de la part certains corps phosphorescens." pp 247-255. Alexander von HUMBOLDT, "Voyage aux Regions Equinoxiales du nouveau continent" pp 275-291 this is a review of sorts of von Humboldts fantastic two-volume (plus atlas) work. [++] On the Bibliotheque Universelle: "The Journal de Geneve (published by the Societe des Arts from 1787 to 1791) and the Bibliotheque Britannique, founded in 1796 in collaboration with his younger brother Charles and his friend F. G. Maurice. Established originally to inform Continental readers of British publications and research, the Bibliotheque Britannique was especially important in the maintenance of communications between Britain and the Continent during the Napoleonic Wars. After 1815, when it abandoned its special concern for British science and was renamed the Bibliotheque universelle, the journal continued to serve as a source of information that took little account of national barriers, although after 1815 Swiss contributions increased in number and importance."--complete DSB online.…