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Faraday, Michael.
Experimental Researches in Electricity [3 volumes, complete].
Publisher: Bernard Quaritch, London;
Date of Publication: 1839
Stock Code: 11717
FIRST THUS:Reprints of Faraday’s papers originally published in journals and gathered together here in book form for the first time. Octavo, pp., viii, 574; viii, 303; viii, 588. 8 plates to rear Vol I, 5 to Vol II and 4 to Vol III, all fold-out, plus diagrams within text. Original pebbled dark green cloth with gilt titles to spine and triple fillet in blind to boards. Cover cloth rubbed,with light wear to spines and bruised corners. Inner hinges cracked but holding. Ex-library copies with stamps of the Electrical Standardizing, Testing and Training Institution and their pictorial bookplate to front paste-down of Volumes I and II, and with Birmingham University Library plate to Vol III and stamps to verso plates. Ownership inscriptions in both ink and pencil to Vols I and II otherwise contents clean. Contents very good in good bindings. Scarce as a set: Faraday’s notes were published in journals over a considerable period,so the books were also produced at long intervals, thus they are uncommon as a complete matching set. This is the most comprehensive record of Faraday’s remarkable achievements in the field of electricity. As the first to produce an electric current from a magnetic field, inventor of the first electric motor and pioneer in the use of electrolysis amongst many other milestone discoveries, the self-taught scientist and entrepreneur was one of the most influential physicists in history. Heavyweight so a contribution towards increased postage costs will be requested for overseas delivery. £350.00