Letters of Euler on Different Subjects in Natural Philosophy Addressed to a German Princess, Vol. II Only of Two Volumes

NY: J. & J. Harper. Good with no dust jacket; Boards worn, foxing throughout, Saratoga Springs School Library markings on front flyleaf.. 1837. Later Printing. Hardcover. Brown cloth binding. Harper's Family Library No. LVI. Notes and life of Euler by Brewster and additional notes by John Griscom. This is volume two of a two-volume collection of published letters by 18th century Swiss mathematician and scientist Leonhard Euler. While working at the Berlin Academy, he was asked by King Frederick the Great to tutor one of his nieces in what was then termed "natural philosophy" which we now divide into the various disciplines of astronomy, physics, and philosophy. The letters were originally published in 1768, but were not translated into English until 1823. They were first published in America by J. & J. Harper in 1833. The letters in this second volume were written in 1761-62 and concern philosophy, astronomy, optics, magnetics, longitude, electricity, weather, and the wonders of the human voice. Many figures. Glossary of scientific terms at rear. Four pages of publisher ads at rear. ; Ex-Library; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 436 pages .