Mead, Peter B. [Corresponding Secretary]. Transactions of the American Institute of the City of New-York, for the year 1854. Albany: C. Van Benthuysen, Printer to the Legislature, 1855. First Edition. [11151]
Black cloth decorated in blind, gilt title & sheaf of grain on the spine, 9 1/4 x 6 inches, tight. 639 generally clean pp., several text illustrations of the Chinese yam. Thin ink or other brown stain in the bottom margin of the first section of the volume, affecting no text. Good. Hardcover.
The 1854 report to the New York State legislature of scientific and agricultural studies and discoveries.
This volume contains
Microscopic Existence;
Ship Building, by John W. Griffiths;
On a Supply of Paper Material from the Mummy Pits of Egypt, by Dr. Isaiah Deck;
On the Importance of Veterinary Art and Science, by Captain J. C. Ralston;
A report on the Minie Ball, "The Rifle and the Expanding Rifle Shot";
And many reports on farming and agriculture.
