JONES, Thomas P., editor.  Journal of the Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, 1829. Volume 4 (new series), volume 8 overall. 8.5″x5.5″, 430pp, 5 plates. Bound in half-calf, with gilt stamping and raised bands. Ex-library, with evidence of spine label removal on spine bottom, and a few stamps on title page–other than some foxing, the book is very tight and crisp, a very nice copy.  VG $125.00  Some of the articles in the volume include:

Humphry Davy, “On the Phenomena of Volcanoes”, pp 154-161; “On the Manufacture of French Articles of Perfumery”, pp 295-302; ;A. Ainger, “On the Early History of the Steam Engine”, pp 319-327, (concluded), pp 361-370; “On the Advantages of Machines (from Marratt’s Mechanical Philosophy)”, pp 162-164; “On a mode of Rapidly Sketching effects in Chiaro- scuro, and its applications to Lithography”, pp 371-3; Richard Walker, “On the Artificial Production of Cold”, pp 396-400; J. Harwood, “Structure and Economy of the Greenland Whale…”, – 21-31; Memoir of the Life of Joseph Frauenhofer…”, p 96-103. Lastly, “Description of a MAchine for Scattering Manure”, pp 277-8, with two illustration.  

Here’s a little spin on the “Manure Scattering Machine”