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1366 - MARTINE, George. Dissertations on Heat with New Observations on the Construction and Comparison of Thermometers …, Paris (Jean Thomas Herissant) 1751. In12° (8 and 4), contemporary scaly calf (fairly worn), ribbed spine without label, gilt lettering faded, hinges partially broken, e.g., marbled endpapers, red edges, pp. xvi + 381 + [iii] with a large fold-out table.
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MARTINE, George. Dissertations on Heat with New Observations on the Construction and Comparison of Thermometers …, Paris (Jean Thomas Herissant) 1751. In12° (8 and 4), contemporary scaly calf (fairly worn), ribbed spine without label, gilt lettering faded, hinges partially broken, e.g., marbled endpapers, red edges, pp. xvi + 381 + [iii] with a large fold-out table. Provenance Alain Brieux Bookstore (label) The first critic of Réaumur’s thermometer, Martine (1702–41), advocated for two fixed points on the scale and for the use of mercury in the tube. His work is translated here by Louis Anne la Virotte (1725–59), royal censor of books on natural history and medicine and a frequent translator of English scientific works. Provenance: library of Jean-Nérée RONFORT (1943–2012)
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