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This copy of Letters of Henry Eeles, Esq; concerning the Cause of the Ascent of Vapour and Exhalation, and those of Winds; and of the general Phenomena of the Weather and Barometer consists of three letters that Henry Eeles wrote to the Royal Society relating to the forces that cause the movement of air and vapors, their relationship to weather, and whether electricity plays any part in the phenomena. The first letter (2 pages) is dated Nov. 25, 1754, was directed to the Rev. Thos. Birch, a secretary of the Royal Society, and Read before the Royal Society on Jan. 23, 1755. The second letter (26 pages) is also dated Nov. 25, 1754 and was directed to the Royal Society and Read before the Society on Jan. 23, Feb. 6, and Feb, 13, 1755. The third letter (3 pages) is dated March 31, 1755 and directed to the Rev. Birch and Read before the Society on April 2, 1755.
The three letters, as a single document, was published in The Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, Vol. 49, For the Year 1756, pages… Leer más

Benjamin Franklin, who was a Fellow of the Royal Society, apparently sent the paper, Cogitata de Cometis. Communicated by Benjamin Franklin, LL. D. F. R. S. , to the Royal Society for their consideration. The paper, which was read before the Society on March 19, 1767, was written in Latin by Johannes (John) Winthrop. The paper's title, translated to English, is I thought about Comets. The theme of the paper, again translated from the opening sentences, is "Since it is clear from the most famous discoveries of Newton, 'gravity occurs in all bodies, and that it is proportional to the quantity of matter in each, and reciprocally proportional to the square of the distance between the centers of the bodies, it follows from this that between any two bodies of any system of the world there can exist a limit of attraction, in which of course the position the particle will be forced in both directions with equal forces.' To find this boundary between the sun and the comets, and some things dependent thereon,… Leer más

Read before the Royal Society on May 22, 1760, A Description of a metalline Thermometer; by Keane Fitzgerald, Esq; F.R.S. Communicated by the Right Hon. George Earl of Macclesfield, President of the Royal Society describes the analysis, experiments and design of a thermometer that is based on the thermal expansion of a metal, rather than water, alcohol or mercury, to provide a measure of the temperature.
The item is a First Edition, extracted and disbound from The Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, Vol. 51, For the Years 1759 & 1760, pages 823-833, with one extended plate. The pages, which measure approximately 6 ¼ x 8 ¾ inches, are tanned, but the text is clear and easily read. The overall condition of the item is good/very good. The illustrations accompanying this description show the first page of the paper and the extended plate showing a drawing of the new device.
Keane Fitzgerald (? – June 1782) was elected to Fellow of the Royal Society in 1756. [Wikipedia]
George Parker, 3rd… Leer más

In the Eighteenth century, experimenters dealing with electricity were prone to receiving painful, and perhaps fatal, shocks from their experimental devices. This paper, read before the Royal Society on March 12, 1767, dealt with a proposed solution to the electrical shock problem. A "Description of an improved Apparatus for performing Electrical Experiments, in which the Electrical Power is increased, the Operator intirely secured from receiving any accidental Shocks, and the whole rendered more convenient for Experiments than heretofore: By C. L'Epinasse, F. R. S." describes the apparatus and how it should be used.
The item is a First Edition, extracted and disbound from The Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, Vol. 57, Part I For the Year 1767, pages 186-191, with one large extended plate. This volume of the transactions was published in London in 1768. The disbound item is approximately 6 1/4 x 8 1/2 inches. The pages are tanned, but the text is clear and easily read. The item is in… Leer más

Read before the Royal Society on May 7, 1761, A Description of a new Thermometer and Barometer: In a Letter to the Right Honourable George Earl of Macclesfield, President of the Royal Society, from Keane Fitzgerald, Esq; F.R.S. describes the improvements in the thermometer and barometer design, presented to the Royal Society a year earlier, that will increase the accuracy of the instruments and will record their readings so that one can review them directly or when they return at some later time.
The item is a First Edition, extracted and disbound from The Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, Vol. 52, For the Years 1761 & 1762, pages 146-154, plus one large extended plate that shows four figures supporting the text. This volume was published in 1763. The pages, which measure approximately 6 ¼ x 8 ¾ inches, are tanned, but the text is clear and easily read. The overall condition of the paper is good/very good. The illustration accompanying this description shows the first page of the… Leer más

A contagious distemper, raging through cattle, was noted to be similar to smallpox in its means of spreading. This led to the consideration of whether inoculation of the cattle was able to limit the spread of the disease to prevent the repeated reinfection of cattle who had survived an initial infection. The paper A Discourse on the Usefulness of Inoculation of the horned Cattle to prevent the contagious Distemper among them. In a letter to the Right Hon. George Earl of Macclesfield, P.R.S from Daniel Peter Layard, M.D. F.R.S. presents the results of work that was done to meet the challenge of "That before inoculation could be practiced on the horned Cattle, it was necessary to bring proofs, that this disease is not susceptible more than once; and also assurances, that a recovery from the distemper by inoculation guards the beast from a second infection".
The paper was presented to the Royal Society on February 2, 1758 and published in 1758 in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, Vol.… Leer más

The Dun Emer Press (fl.1902–1908) was an Irish private press founded in 1902 by Evelyn Gleeson, Elizabeth Yeats and her brother William Butler Yeats, part of the Celtic Revival. It was named after the legendary Emer and evolved into the Cuala Press. From 1908 until the late 1940s it functioned as Cuala Press, publicizing the works of such writers as Yeats, Lady Gregory, Colum, Synge, and Gogarty. [Wikipedia]
This copy of The Dun Emer Press, Later The Cuala Press, by Liam Miller, With a Preface by Michael B. Yeats was published by the Dolmen Press in the Republic of Ireland in 1973 and is dedicated to telling the history of the Dun Emer/Cuala Presses, including a list of their books, broadsides, and other pieces they produced. The book, which measures approximately 7 x 9.75 inches, contains 131 pages of text and illustrations. It is soft bound in stiff paper covers with black and red lettering on all sides and an illustration on the front. The pages of the book are in fine condition. There is a small… Leer más

Safety is a common denominator in all laboratory work, and this scientific paper clearly states the problem to be solved in the first paragraph. The author states "In the common matter of distillation there escapes a great quantity of fumes, which cannot be condensed; and in several operations these fumes are very hurtful to the lungs. By the following method of distillation these fumes are totally condensed, which makes a great saving in some distillations, and the operator is in no danger of being hurt by any pernicious vapours.The paper is titled"Experiments on the Distillation of Acids, volatile Alkalies, &c. showing how they may be condensed without Loss, and how thereby we may avoid disagreeable and noxious Fumes: In a Letter from Mr. Peter Woulfe, F. R. S. to John Ellis, Esq, F. R. S.".
The item is a First Edition, extracted and disbound from The Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, Vol. 57, Part II For the Year 1767, pages 517-536, with two accompanying fold-out plates that contain… Leer más

Read before the Royal Society in 1750, "An Extract of a Letter, dated May 2, 1750, from Mr. Freeman at Naples, to the right honourable Lady Mary Capel, relating to the Ruins of Herculaneum.", contains Mr. Freeman's personal observations as he went through the then-existing excavation of Herculaneum. He describes structures, statues, paintings, and even household goods that had been revealed during the excavations.
The item is a First Edition, extracted and disbound from The Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, Vol. 47, For the Years 1751 and 1752, pages 131-142. This volume of the transactions was published in London in 1753. The pages, which measure approximately 6 ¼ x 8 ¾ inches, are tanned, but the text is clear and easily read. The overall condition of the item is good/very good.
Herculaneum was an ancient Roman town destroyed by volcanic pyroclastic flows in 79 A.D. It is located in the Italian region of Campania in the shadow of Mount Vesuvius. It is most famous for having been… Leer más

Extracts of Several Letters of Mordach Mackenzie, M.D., Concerning the Plague in Constantinople consists of letters sent by Dr. Mordach Mackenzie to his correspondents in London (Dr. Clephane and Dr. Mead) in which he described the prevalence and effects of various episodes of the plague. The Mackenzie letters are dated in 1750 and 1751. In early 1752, Dr. Clephane took the letters, adding his own comments and interpretations to an introductory section, and passed the resulting package to the Royal Society. The contents were read before the Society on March 5, 1752, and approved for publication in Vol. 47 of the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society For the Years 1751-1752.
We are offering this First Edition copy of the paper, as read before the Royal Society on March 5, 1751 and published in 1753 in the Philosophical Transactions, Vol. 47 For the Year 1751-1752, pages 384 to 395. The paper has been extracted and disbound from the volume. The booklet, which measures approximately 6 ¼ x 8 ½… Leer más

This 4-page undated paper, "Extracts from the American Slave Code" (Second Edition of 10,000), was published in about 1855 by The Anti-Slavery Bugle of Salem, Ohio. The Anti-Slavery Bugle was an abolitionist newspaper published in Ohio from June 20, 1845, to May 4, 1861. The paper's motto was "No Union with Slaveholders". In this issue of the paper, the editors provide abridged selections from the statutes of the slave states of the United States, while noting that "They give but a faint view of the cruel oppression to which the slaves are subject, but a strong one enough, it is thought, to fill every honest heart with a deep abhorrence of the atrocious system".
The paper, which measures approximately 5 ½ inches wide by 8 ¾ inches tall, is without covers and has slightly tanned pages. The text, although small, is clear and easily read. The overall condition of the item is very good.
The illustration accompanying this description shows the first page of the paper.

The battle over whether the U.S. Currency should be based on gold or silver had been going on for years, and in 1896, a presidential election year, it appeared to be a significant issue between the parties. Speeches, pamphlets, articles and arguments abounded, and the pamphlet Fact Against Fiction - Prices of Farm Products For Thirty Years. False in One – False in All approached the dispute from the viewpoint of the farmer. The conclusion of this approach, described on the last page of the pamphlet, is boiled down to a few sentences on the front cover, reading "Any honest examination of the records of farm prices will show that the value of gold as measured by the farmers' crops is not advancing. The silver owners bid for the farmers' vote, based on this claim, is directly contrary to the truth."
The pamphlet, which measures approximately 5.5 inches wide by 8.5 inches tall, is staple-bound and contains 16 pages. It was printed by Allied Printing of Chicago. The pages are tanned, but the text is… Leer más

The paper describes further experiments that the author has performed to obtain more characteristics of electricity, including resistance of materials, positive and negative charge, and the like.
The item, first read before the Royal Society on November 13, 1760, is a First Edition, extracted and disbound from The Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, Vol. 51, For the Years 1759 & 1760, pages 896-906. This volume was published in 1761. The pages of the paper are tanned, but the text is clear and easily read. The item is in good condition.
The illustrations accompanying this description show the first page and one other page of the paper.
Benjamin Wilson (June 21, 1721 – June 6, 1788) was an English painter, printmaker and scientist (natural philosopher). As a scientist he opposed Benjamin Franklin's theory of positive and negative electricity. Instead, Wilson supported Isaac Newton's gravitational-optical ether, which he supposed to differ in density around bodies in accordance with their… Leer más

It was the Presidential Election year just prior to the start of the Civil War, and the North and South were at odds, multiple candidates were seeking the Presidency, and political parties were emerging with various approaches to the slavery problem. The Republication Executive Congressional Committee was distributing many speeches, papers and documents to the voting public in their efforts to succeed in the election of Abraham Lincoln as President. This paper, Federalism Unmasked: or The Rights of the States, the Congress, the Executive, and the People, Vindicated Against The Encroachments of the Judiciary, Prompted by the Modern Apostate Democracy. Being a Compilation From the Writings and Speeches of the Leaders of the Old Jeffersonian Republican Party, by Daniel R. Goodloe was one so distributed.
The paper, which measures approximately 6 x 9 inches, contains 16 pages of 2-column text. On the first page is a listing of the authorities quoted in the body of the paper, starting with Thomas Jefferson.… Leer más

"Free Coinage of Gold and Silver" - A report of Mr. Bland of the Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures to the House of Representatives, February 10, 1892 (To accompany H. R. 4426) was the response of the Committee to its consideration of House bill H.R. 4426, entitled, "A bill for the free coinage of gold and silver, for the issue of coin notes, and for other purposes." Mr. Bland summarizes the consensus of the Committee, with the words "...The bill provides for the free and unlimited coinage of silver on same terms as gold is now coined....Coin notes may be issued on the gold and silver deposited if demanded, instead of waiting for the coin....They are made a legal tender and of like monetary functions as the standard coins. They are redeemable at the Treasury of the United States in coin on demand…" In addition to Mr. Bland's summary, the complete minority report of the Committee is included in the document. This report of the Committee on Coinage, Weights and Measures can be further… Leer más

To spread information to the medical community in the 18th century, doctors would often write up their experiences with strange, or unexpected medical cases and submit the papers to the Royal Society of London for publication in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society. This paper, "A Further Account of the Effects of Electricity in the Cure of some Diseases: In a Letter from Mr. Patrick Brydone to Dr. Robert Whytt, Professor of Medicine in the University of Edinburgh, and F.R.S.", was read before the Royal Society of London on May 11, 1758. It was one of a series dealing with the potential benefits of the newly found "electricity" to the lives and activities of mankind. In this paper, the way electric shock was used to cure some ailments is described, as well as including attestments by the two people so treated as to the success of the "cure".
The paper was published in 1758 in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, Vol. L, Part II For the Year 1758, pages 695 to 699. This… Leer más

The 1866 edition copy of "The Great Metropolis - Phelps' New York City Guide. To all that can be seen and how to see it. With Street Directory" is a 70 page booklet that measures approximately 3 ¾ x 6 inches. It was written to be as all-encompassing as possible, and to meet the needs of both foreign and domestic visitors. The text is supplemented with 13 full-pages and 2 half-page illustrations. The Guide was published by Humphrey Phelps in New York.
To provide a sense of the scope and detail of the booklet, a number of copies of pages accompany this description. They show:• a 2-page spread of the title page and a bird's eye view of New York• U. S. Treasury Building, Wall Street• Trinity Church• The City Prison, called The Tombs• The Cooper Institute
The condition of the string-bound booklet is compromised by its missing hard covers (although a bit of the spine remains) and the absence of its fold-out map of the city. Other than that, all items indicated in the Contents and Illustrations… Leer más

The financial issues related to bimetallism (gold vs silver base for currency) and paper money ("greenbacks" vs currency based on gold or silver) were actively discussed in the late 19th century. Sound Currency, a semi-monthly publication of the Sound Currency Committee of the Reform Club, was a vehicle for many articles on these issues. "Greenbacks and the Cost of the Civil War", by Wesley C. Mitchell was the featured article in Vol. IV, No. 8 (April 15, 1897) of the publication. The article was "Reprinted, by permission, from the 'Journal of Political Economy', University of Chicago, March, 1897".
The booklet, which measures approximately 6 x 8 ¾ inches, contains 16 pages of text and data printed on a semi-gloss paper. There are no covers. There is an approximatelly 1 ¼ inch tear on the outer edge of the first page. The pages are lightly tanned, but the printing is clear and easily read. The overall condition of the booklet is very good.
The pictures accompanying this description show the… Leer más

Harper's Weekly, A Journal of Civilization was an American political magazine based in New York City. Published by Harper & Brothers from 1857 until 1916, it featured foreign and domestic news, fiction, essays on many subjects, and humor, alongside illustrations. It carried extensive coverage of the American Civil War, including many illustrations of events from the war. During its most influential period, it was the forum of the political cartoonist Thomas Nast. [Wikipedia]
This issue of Harper's Weekly, A Journal of Civilization, Vol. XI, No. 572 was published in New York on Saturday, December 14, 1867. The paper, which measures approximately 11.5 inches wide by 16.5 inches tall, contains 16 pages, numbered from 785 to 800. The pages of the paper are tanned, with some chipping and small tears along the edges. Many of the pages are semi- or fully detached. The text and illustrations are clear and easily read. There is some limited writings in the margins of several pages. The overall condition of the… Leer más

Harper's Weekly, A Journal of Civilization was an American political magazine based in New York City. Published by Harper & Brothers from 1857 until 1916, it featured foreign and domestic news, fiction, essays on many subjects, and humor, alongside illustrations. It carried extensive coverage of the American Civil War, including many illustrations of events from the war. During its most influential period, it was the forum of the political cartoonist Thomas Nast. [Wikipedia]
This issue of Harper's Weekly, A Journal of Civilization, Vol. XII, No. 607 was published in New York on Saturday, August 15, 1868. The paper, which measures approximately 11.5 inches wide by 16.5 inches tall, contains 16 pages, numbered from 513 to 528. The pages of the paper are tanned, with some chipping and small tears along the edges. Many of the pages are semi- or fully detached. Leaf 519/520 has a clean tear through its middle. The text and illustrations are clear and easily read. There is some limited writings in the… Leer más