{"product_id":"cavallo-the-elements-of-natural-or-experimental-philosophy-2-volume-set","title":"Cavallo, The Elements of Natural or Experimental Philosophy (2 volume set)","description":"\u003cp\u003eCavallo, Tiberius; Brosius, F. X. \u003cstrong\u003eThe Elements of Natural or Experimental Philosophy (2 volume set).\u003c\/strong\u003e Philadelphia: Thomas Dobson \u0026amp; Son | T. H. Palmer, Printer, 1819. Second American Edition, with additional notes, selected from various authors, by F. X. Brosius. [12010]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTwo volumes in full brown calf, red leather title labels, front joint of vol. i. cracked but not separated and holding well, each 8 1\/2 x 5 1\/2 inches. A little surface worming to the front of vol. i., both with edge-wear, both volumes tight. xxx, 472; iv, 551 pp., complete with 21 folding plates and one chart. Foxing in both; vol. i. with damp stain at the top margins of the introductory material. 1824 signature in brown ink on the free end papers and title pages. Good. Hardcover.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVolume I. with an Introduction and two sections: 1. Of the General Properties of Bodies; and 2. Of the Peculiar Properties of Bodies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVolume II. with three parts: 1. Of Caloric, Light, Electricity, and Magnetism; 2. Astronomy; 3. Containing a few unconnected Subjects: Aerostation, Meteors, \"Of the Stony Bodies which are said to have fallen from the Sky\"; and Of the Standard Measure.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTiberius Cavallo (1749-1809), b. Naples, Kingdom of Naples; d. London, England.  The son of a physician, Cavallo's interest in science began at a young age. By 1771 he was in England seeking associates among the scientists in London. He became a fellow of the Royal Society in 1779. He published \u003cem\u003eA Complete Treatise on Electricity in Theory and Practice\u003c\/em\u003e in 1771, with revised editions published over the next 20 years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"An excellent compendium, the \u003cem\u003eTreatise\u003c\/em\u003e served the needs of both the neophyte and the initiate, who found in its appendixes valuable details about medical electricity; about Beccaria's obscure theories; and about Cavallo's forte, the design and operation of electrostatic instruments.\" - Heilbron, \u003cem\u003eCompete Dictionary of Scientific Biography\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe set we present to you here was first published in 1803 and was his last and most ambitious work.  \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Haaswurth Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43778999943234,"sku":"ABE12010","price":250.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0191\/6066\/2082\/files\/DSC06872BackgroundRemoved.png?v=1779486145","url":"https:\/\/www.haaswurth.com\/products\/cavallo-the-elements-of-natural-or-experimental-philosophy-2-volume-set","provider":"Haaswurth Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}