The third annual report of the Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society 1835

Pbk, 144 p. ill. chart. map., 3 folded plates.Covers dulled and lower corner of rear cover clipped, some foxing marks and wear to spine o/w a very clean copy in good condition. Copy presented to 'Lieut. Gen. R. Hussey Vivian.' Signed by Lovell Squire, secretary of the Society. Articles - ' On the diseases peculiar to miners ; Method of preserving plants during a long voyage ; Tables relative to the properties and practical application of steam ; Description of some improvements in the Dipping-Needle Deflector ; Chart and table of the Dip. and intensity of terrestrial magnetism ; Two treatises on the pilchard (by Jonathan Couch, F.L.S. and John Chester ; Loam's Counter ; Phillips' Counter ; . etc r428 / m14138.