[Steamboat travel] Five early articles on extensive steamboat travels as they appear in the Annalen der Physik, series I, vol 53; vi, 446pp. Black cloth; dark marbled boards with cloth tips. Ex-libris Deutsche Akademie der Luftfahrtforschung, then Wright Patterson Field Library (USAF), then Library of Congress. Library markings: small gilt-stamped “Akademie der Luftfahrtforschung”, page edges stamped “Wright Field Library/Dayton, Ohio” on top and bottom. Very good condition. $200
Includes the following, among other papers in physics and chemistry:
“Einige geschichtliche Nachrichten von der Erfindung der Dampf-Schisffahtr…” pp 63-70;
Robertson Buchanan, “Ueber die sogennten Dampfboote…”, pp 70-77;
Isaac Weld. “Die erste Serreise mit einem von einer Dampsmachine bewegetn Schiffe, vom Glasgow in Schotland um Cap Landsend nach London”, pp 77-102;
“Zwei schriben an Herrn Isaac Weld…die Dampf-Schiffharht und dem merkwurdigen…pp 102-110;
“Noch einige neuere Zeitungs-Nathrichten, Dampfshiffe betreffend… (with a small folding plate, with two views of the vessel), pp 110-119.