Electricity [and] magnetism. [19th century]

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Electricity [and] magnetism. [19th century]

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Holograph, signed on p. [1]. The article on electricity includes accounts of several experiments, including those of Franklin, Banks, Priestley, Volta, and Galvani. Article on Magnetism notes variations reported in London in 1576, 1657, and 1776. Ten pen and wash drawings. 190 blank pages follow text.

124 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.

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