An essay on dew, and several appearances connected with it by Wells, William Charles - 1815

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3A: Longmans, Green & Company. Good. 1866. Hardcover. This specific hardback book is in very good condition with a maroon linen with embossed border to the front and gilt lettering on the spine over hard board cover that has sharp edges/corners with minor bumping or scuffing and has a tight intact binding inside at the end papers and outside as well. The spine is sun faded but the gilt title lettering is completely legible. The pages are clean, crisp, unmarked and uncreased with no underlining, highlighting, or notes but with a couple of stamps by the previous owner and a library in Dublin which once housed the book. Although a former library book by virtue of the stamps, there is no card pocket or other typical library flaws. This is a remarkable book and is in very good condition. We package all books in custom cardboard book boxes and ship daily with tracking numbers. ; The very first edition of this book was published in the early 1800's. This is an original 1866 reprint of… Read More

London: Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer, 1866. As. Hardcover. Very Good. William Charles Wells (1757-1817) was a physician and physicist who conducted numerous experiments on friost and dew. Wells first believed that dew and frost were the causes of air that was a few degrees colder than the ground. He began to experiment and changed his theory when he realized that a combination of temperature, temperature change, and heat being conducted by various materials on the ground caused the condensate that resulted in dew or frost. vi, 152 pp. 8vo. Brown cloth boards with blind embossed borders, brown leather spine with five raised bands from earlier rebinding, gold embossed titling to spine. Slight darkening of pages due to quality of paper, quite clean overall. Previous owner's name in ink on first free endpaper and title page. 23 pp.of Casella catalog of meteorological instruments at rear.

Philadelphia: Haswell, Barrington, and Haswell, 1838. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Quarter bound in boards with paper title; new custom end papers; no marking, but occasional light foxing; A FINE COPY. A scientific classic by the author first recognized as advocating natural selection in a Darwinian sense. 71, [1], pages. Octavo.

GB: Taylor and Hessey, 1815. Old half leather and marbled boards. Book is in very good minus condition with minor but noticeable signs of wear and/or age. . 2nd Edition. Hardback. VG-/No DW.

Philadelphia, PA: Haswell, Barrington, and Haswell, 1838. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. William Charles Wells (1757-1817) was a physician and physicist who conducted numerous experiments on friost and dew. Wells first believed that dew and frost were the causes of air that was a few degrees colder than the ground. He began to experiment and changed his theory when he realized that a combination of temperature, temperature change, and heat being conducted by various materials on the ground caused the condensate that resulted in dew or frost. First U.S. Edition. 71 pp. 8vo. Brown pebbled faux-leather boards with gold titling to spine, original volume has been rebound. Light foxing within, text block has been trimmed when it was rebound.