Oct 20, 2009 - Sale 2190

Sale 2190 - Lot 149

Price Realized: $ 360
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Estimate: $ 150 - $ 250
MUSSCHENBROEK, PETRUS VAN. Institutiones physicae 29 folding engraved plates. [10], 743, [1], 14 pages. 8vo, contemporary vellum, lacks backstrip; contents dampstained and dampwrinkled. Leiden: apud Samuelem Luchtmans et Filium, 1748

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first edition of a textbook of experimental physics. The chapter on electricity contains a description of the Leiden Jar, the first electrical condenser, invented independently some 2 years earlier by Musschenbroek and Ewald Georg von Kleist. At the end is a 14-page priced catalogue of scientific instruments made by Jan van Musschenbroek, the author's brother. DSB IX, 596.