Description des Expériences de la Machine aérostatique de MM. de Montgolfier Et de celles auxquelles cette découverte a donné lieu
de Faujas de Saint-Fond, Barthélemy
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- First
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- Modern brown cloth, marbled edges. Bookplate. Plates have been slightly trimmed with loss of image, otherwise fine in blue cloth
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New York, New York, United States
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Paris: Chez Cuchet, 1783. First edition of each part. Folding table, 14 plates partly engraved by Delaunay. xl, 299, (7 unnumbered) pp.; (368) pp. 2 volumes in one. 1 vols. 8vo. Modern brown cloth, marbled edges. Bookplate. Plates have been slightly trimmed with loss of image, otherwise fine in blue cloth slipcase and leather title label label and chemise. First edition of each part. Folding table, 14 plates partly engraved by Delaunay. xl, 299, (7 unnumbered) pp.; (368) pp. 2 volumes in one. 1 vols. 8vo. The first standard work of an aerostation. Barthélemy Faujas de Saint-Fond (1741-1819), was a very successful lawyer whose interest in natural history led him to become a geologist. He developed his own theory of volcanoes in the massive folio work, Recherches sur les volcans éteints du Vivarais et du Velay (Grenoble, 1778), which definitively proved the volcanic nature of basalt.. He also was one of the most ardent supporters of ballooning. (DSB IV: 548-9.) He sponsored the first hydrogen balloon of the physicist J. A. C. Charles, who demonstrated balloon flight before the Montgolfiers, and invented the hydrogen balloon. He was a sponsor of the Montgofier Brothers and well as their Chronicler. This book is the first authoritative treatise on aerostation, and was translated into Italian, German, and Dutch by 1784. The 4 page supplement at the end of volume one describes the ascent of the Marquis d'Arlandes and Pilâtre de Roziers from the Château de la Muette and is the earliest record of this flight. Faujas "sera pour chaque expérience le témoin privilégié et le chroniqueur de ce qui devait être l'épopée, "la folie des ballons" (En Français dans le texte). Liebman-Wahl 978; PMM 229; Brockett 4377-8; Tissandier 21; Norman 769; Dibner, Heralds of Science 179; En Français dans le Texte (French PMM), Number 175; Gibbs-Smith, History of Flying p. 125; DSB, Vol. IV, 548 & Vol. IX, 492
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- Description des Expériences de la Machine aérostatique de MM. de Montgolfier Et de celles auxquelles cette découverte a donné lieu
- Autor
- Faujas de Saint-Fond, Barthélemy
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Folding table, 14 plates partly engraved by Delaunay. xl, 299, (7 unnumbered) pp.; (368) pp. 2 volumes in one. 1 vols. 8vo
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Modern brown cloth, marbled edges. Bookplate. Plates have been slightly trimmed with loss of image, otherwise fine in blue cloth
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First edition of each part
- Editorial
- Chez Cuchet
- Lugar de publicación
- Paris
- Fecha de publicación
- 1783
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