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First Four Volumes Only (missing Volume 5 which collects the plates). Lectures on Natural and Experimental Philosophy, Considered in It's Present State of Improvement. Describing, in a Familiar and Easy Manner, the Principal Phenomena of Nature; and Shewing, That They All Co-Operate in Displaying the Goodness, Wisdom, and Power of God. Brown Leather boards with rubbing fading, as well as edge wear on boards. Titles on spine have faded. Pages are age toned, and have foxing. Volume I: Front board is mostly detached, rear board has a crack where it attaches to spine, but is still attached. Front free endpaper is mostly deatached. Volume II: Boards have cracks where they attach to spine, but are still attached. Chipping on spine. Volume III: Missing front board, rear board is detached. Previous owner's name on Title page. Some chipping on spine. Volume IV: Front board is mostly detached, rear board is partially detached, front free endpaper is detached. Some chipping on spine. George Adams the younger (1750?1795) was an English optician and writer .Adams wrote elementary scientific works, and on the use of mathematical instruments. He often combined religious with a scientific content, against, according to the Gentleman's Magazine, the "growing errors of materialism, infidelity, and anarchy". His works were: (1) An Essay on Electricity, to which is added an Essay on Magnetism (1784). (2) Essays on the Microscope (1787). (3) An Essay on Vision, briefly explaining the fabric of the eye (1789). (4) Astronomical and Geographical Essays (1790). (5) A Short Dissertation on the Barometer (1790). (6) Geometrical and Graphical Essays, containing a description of the mathematical instruments used in geometry, civil and military surveying, levelling and perspective (1790). (7) Lectures on Natural and Experimental Philosophy, in five volumes (1794). For some of Adams's books, plates were published separately, and most of them had more than one edition. This is an oversize set, international or priority orders will be charged additional shipping. Seller Inventory # 007928
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Title: Lectures on Natural and Experimental ...
Publisher: R. Hindmarsh, London, Great Britain
Publication Date: 1794
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Fair + to Good -
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
