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  • Précis succinct des principaux phénomènes du galvanisme suivi de la traduction d'un commentaire de J. Aldini, sur un mémoire de Galvani ayant pour titre: Des forces de l'electricité dans lemouvement musculaire ... et de l'extrait d'un ouvrage de Vassali Eandi ayant pour titre: Expérienc es et observations sur le fluide de l'electromoteur de Volta par Cassius ... Larcher Daubancourt ... et de Saintot
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Précis succinct des principaux phénomènes du galvanisme suivi de la traduction d'un commentaire de J. Aldini, sur un mémoire de Galvani ayant pour titre: Des forces de l'electricité dans lemouvement musculaire ... et de l'extrait d'un ouvrage de Vassali Eandi ayant pour titre: Expérienc es et observations sur le fluide de l'electromoteur de Volta par Cassius ... Larcher Daubancourt ... et de Saintot

Object Details

Notes
Original pink paper cover(s) over a publisher's waste lining
Publisher's advertisement: final 16 p
Signatures: a⁶ A-C⁸ D² A-B⁸ A⁴ A⁸
Label on p. facing half title: Librairie ancienne et moderne E. DesBois 36. Rue Lafaurie de Monbadon Bordeaux
Contents
Précis succinct des principaux phénomènes du galvanisme -- Dissertation de Jean Aldini sur l'origine et les progrès de la théorie de l'electricité animale -- Extrait de l'ouvrage de Vassali Eandi
Data Source
Smithsonian Libraries
Date
1803
Call number
QC517 .P92 1803
Author
Aldini, Giovanni 1762-1834
Galvani, Luigi 1737-1798
Vassalli-Eandi, Antonio Maria 1761-1825
Volta, Alessandro 1745-1827
donor
Burndy Library DSI
bookseller
E. DesBois (Firm),) DSI
Type
Early works to 1850
Early works
Physical description
[4], viij, 52, 32, 8, 16, pages 22 cm. (8vo)
Topic
Animal magnetism
Electricity
Electrophysiology
Record ID
siris_sil_277119
Usage
CC0

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