Jean Antoine Nollet - Essai sur l'électricité des corps -
Jean Antoine Nollet - Essai sur l'électricité des corps - Published in Paris, by les Frères Guérin, pages - full leather binding of the time in good condition, full calf of the time, covers, crowns & corners rubbed - 17 x 11 cm Brown Morocco labelBack with 5 raised bands adorned with golden compartments, fleurons, edging & labelRare first edition - Beautiful frontispiece engraved by Brunet according to Le Sueur, showing a demonstration of the electrocution of a human body in a cabinet of experimentation - complete with its 4 fold-out plates out of textEdition of this important work of the Abbot Nollet in which he described the instruments that can produce electricity and how to use them, analyse of phenomena, part of his experiences and questions and delivers “conjectures sur les causes de l'électricité" He sets a method for scientific experimentation in research on electricity and magnetism.In this essay, he exhibited for the first time his theory on the double movement of the electric fluid: influx and efflux, which will succeed to the notions of glass and resinous power of Cisternay du Fay. Jean Antoine Nollet, or Abbot Nollet, born in Appilly in the region Noyonnais on December and died April , is a french physicist. He was associated with the work of Du Fay and Réaumur.Nollet contributed much to spread the taste and the study of physics by clear and attractive exhibitions in France. Read More