Description et usage d'un cabinet de physique expérimentale

Sigaud de La Fond, M. (Joseph Aignan), 1730-1810, Adams, Charles Francis, 1807-1886, former owner. BRL, Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848, former owner. BRL, Adams, John, 1735-1826, former owner. BRL, Boston Public Library) John Adams Library BRL · 1775 · A Paris : Chez P. Fr. Gueffier ... · 31 pictures

A two-volume French catalogue of experimental physics apparatus by Joseph Aignan Sigaud de La Fond, published in Paris in 1775 for demonstrators and collectors equipping a cabinet de physique; the Boston Public Library copy came from the Adams family. Engraved plates set lettered figures of air pumps, electrostatic jars, balances and lightning-rod models on rococo console tables, giving designers instrument silhouettes, cabriole-leg furniture and keyed diagram layouts.

Physics · Physical instruments

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