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General - Rumford, Benjamin Thompson. Small writings on political, economic and philosophical matters. Translated from the English after the second enlarged edition, and enriched with new additions (by C. S. Kramer; ed. by F. J. Bertuch). 4 in 5 volumes (volumes 2 and 4 in 2 sections each). With 1 engraved title and 2 text vignettes, 37 partly folded copper plates, numerous woodcut figures and partly paginated tables. Weimar, Industrie-Comptoir, 1797-1805. 20 x 12 cm. Contemporary half-leather bindings with gilt-stamped title and volume labels and gilt spine (somewhat rubbed and bumped, 2 title labels and 1 volume label have fallen off). All volumes in first German edition. - Humpert 13112 - The American physicist (1753-1814) spent half of his life in the Bavarian civil service, introduced the potato, reorganized the army and laid out the English Garden. Contains extensive and richly illustrated treatises on poorhouses and hearths (vol. 1), fire heat and saving wood (2/1), propagation of heat in liquids and various substances (2/2), kitchen hearths (3, with 95 woodcuts), experiments on heat and its nature (4/1), experiments on gunpowder and its force, on the production of air, intensities and properties of light, harmony of colors (4/2). - Evenly somewhat browned, occasional foxing, volume 3 with waterstain at foot towards end, otherwise fine series. VAT: *
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General - Rumford, Benjamin Thompson. Small writings on political, economic and philosophical matters. Translated from the English after the second enlarged edition, and enriched with new additions (by C. S. Kramer; ed. by F. J. Bertuch). 4 in 5 volumes (volumes 2 and 4 in 2 sections each). With 1 engraved title and 2 text vignettes, 37 partly folded copper plates, numerous woodcut figures and partly paginated tables. Weimar, Industrie-Comptoir, 1797-1805. 20 x 12 cm. Contemporary half-leather bindings with gilt-stamped title and volume labels and gilt spine (somewhat rubbed and bumped, 2 title labels and 1 volume label have fallen off). All volumes in first German edition. - Humpert 13112 - The American physicist (1753-1814) spent half of his life in the Bavarian civil service, introduced the potato, reorganized the army and laid out the English Garden. Contains extensive and richly illustrated treatises on poorhouses and hearths (vol. 1), fire heat and saving wood (2/1), propagation of heat in liquids and various substances (2/2), kitchen hearths (3, with 95 woodcuts), experiments on heat and its nature (4/1), experiments on gunpowder and its force, on the production of air, intensities and properties of light, harmony of colors (4/2). - Evenly somewhat browned, occasional foxing, volume 3 with waterstain at foot towards end, otherwise fine series. VAT: *
