Foundation Stone of Electrochemistry
DAVY, Humphrey. “Ueber die chemischen Wirkungen der Electricitat” AND “Ueber die chemischen Wirkungen der Electricitat…Zeite Halfte”. Both in Annalen der Physik, volume 28, 1808, parts I and II, appearing on pp 1-43 (part 1) and (161)-202 (part II).
Both are offered in the full volume of (vi), 496pp, in four sections, each section with the original wrappers bound in.
These are the first appearances in German of Davy’s major paper that appeared in November 1806 and December 1807 as the Bakerian Lectures before the Royal Society. Bound in cloth-backed boards.
Provenance: Deutsche Akademie der Luftfahtforschung; then the USAAF library at Wright Patterson, and finally to the Library of Congress. Stamped “Wright Field Library, Dayton, Ohio” on the top and bottom of the textblock. Very nice, fresh copy. $950