The London and Edinburgh Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science, published in London, Taylor & Francis, 1844, volume 24. Includes significant papers by David Brewster (in two parts), J.P. Joule, Robert Hunt, Michael Faraday, J.F.W. Herschel, and William Robert Grove (in three parts), and others.  viii, 552pp.  Calf-backed marbled boards, with raised bands; there is an oval gilt-stamped imprint of the Society of Writers to the Signet on front and read covers.  There is a 1/2" chip missing from the top of the spine, and the front joint is also cracked.  The text is crisp and in very good condition, as is the rest of the binding.  $400

• Prof. William Robert Grove "On the Gas Voltaic Battery.—Experiments made with a view of ascertaining the rationale of its action and its application to Eudiometry ." .AND Prof. Grove on the Gas Voltaic Battery.—Experiments made with a view of ascertaining the rationale of its action and its application to Eudiometry (continued); Prof. Grove on the Gas Voltaic Battery.—Experiments made with a view of ascertaining the rationale of its action and its application to Eudiometry (concluded)  “It is important that the cell described above should not be confused with what Grove came to call his “gas battery,” which was, in fact, the earliest fuel cell..." "This battery establishes that gases in combining and acquiring a liquid form evolve sufficient force to decompose a similar liquid and cause it to acquire a gaseous form. This is to my mind the most interesting effect of the battery; it exhibits such a beautiful instance of the correlation of natural forces."--DSB 
•  Mr. J. P. Joule "On the Intermittent Character of the Voltaic Current in certain cases of Electrolysis; and on the Intensities of various Voltaic Arrangements."
• Sir David  Brewster "On the Law of Visible Position in Single and Binocular Vision, and on the representation of Solid Figures by the union of dissimilar Plane Pictures on the Retina. . . ".AND: Sir D. Brewster"On the Law of Visible Position in Single and Binocular Vision, and on the representation of Solid Figures by the union of dissimilar Plane Pictures on the Retina (concluded)."
• Dr.Michael Faraday's "Speculation touching Electric Conduction and the Nature of Matter."
• Mr. G. S. Cundell "On the practice of the Calotype Process of Photography ."
• Mr. Robert Hunt "Chromo-Cyanotype, a new Photographic Process "
• Mr. Robert Hunt "Energiatype, a New Photographic Process"
• Sir J. F. W. Herschel's "Observations on the Entrance Passages in the Pyramids of Gizeh"