Experimental Inquiries Respecting Heat and Vapor; With Some Practical Applications. Including On the Economy of Heat; Description of an Apparatus Called the Rotascope, for Exhibiting Several Phenomena and Illustrating Certain Laws of Rotary Motion; Observation on the Electrical Characters of Caoutchouc, or Gum Elastic; On the Methods of Determining and Calculating the Specific Heats of Certain Solids; Observations on the Relation between Rolling and Dragging Friction; Experiments on the Adhesion of Iron Spikes of Various Forms, When Driven into Different Species of Timber

Johnson, Walter R.

Published by No publisher cited; Philadelphia? No date; 1838?, 1838

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. . . . Papers from the American Journal of Science and Arts, Vols. XIX, XX, XXI, XXIII, XXVII, XXXII. Binds together a number of Johnson's papers. 8vo, hardcover, brown cloth. Fair condition only. Ex-US Patent Ofc. copy, front bookplate, light markings to opening pgs., partial spine label. Spine leather mostly chipped away, backstrip & hinges loose, taped along outside, front board nearly detached; front flyleaves loose, binding shaken but intact; however, contents clean & complete. Each paper separately paginated; approx. 200 total.

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• Title: Experimental Inquiries Respecting Heat and Vapor; With Some Practical Applications. Including On the Economy of Heat; Description of an Apparatus Called the Rotascope, for Exhibiting Several Phenomena and Illustrating Certain Laws of Rotary Motion; Observation on the Electrical Characters of Caoutchouc, or Gum Elastic; On the Methods of Determining and Calculating the Specific Heats of Certain Solids; Observations on the Relation between Rolling and Dragging Friction; Experiments on the ...
• Publisher: No publisher cited; Philadelphia? No date; 1838?
• Publication Date: 1838
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Fair