Sale 624: Rare Books & Manuscripts, with the Fred Bennett Collection of the Book Club of California (#624) 09/07/2017 11:00 AM PDT CLOSED!

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Lot 113 of 253:
Refrigeration in Philosophical Transactions 1666  

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Lot closed - Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium):$156
Estimate:
$300 - $500

Title:
Issue of Philosophical Transaction with a review of The English Vine-Yard Vindicated by John Rose, plus experiments on refrigeration and other subjects

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Place:
London

Publisher:
Royal Society of London

Date:
July 18, 1666

Description:

Number 15. Pp. 255-162. (4to) 21x16 cm (8¼x6¼"), removed from larger volume with remains of stitching on spine.

Most of the issue is taken up with the account of "A new Frigorisick Experiment shewing, how a considerable degree of Cold may be suddenly produced without the help of Snow, Ice, Haile, Wind, or Niter, and that at any time of the year."


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Condition:
Some aging; very good.


 
Item number:
283354
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