Author: STEPHEN HALES, GEORGE-LOUIS LECLERC COMTE DE BUFFON
Title: La statique des vegetaux, et l`analyse de l`air
Description: Debure l'aîné, 1735. Leder band. 4to. With 20 illustrations engraved in copper, printed on 10 folding plates. The first French edition of Hales` groundbreaking work on plant physiology (Vegetable Staticks, 1733), containing an account of numerous experiments - the loss of water in plants by evaporation, the rate of growth of shoots and leaves, and variations in root force at different times of the day. The translator`s preface contains De Buffon`s praise of Hales` scientific methods. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.
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Title: La statique des vegetaux, et l`analyse de l`air
Description: Debure l'aîné, 1735. Leder band. 4to. With 20 illustrations engraved in copper, printed on 10 folding plates. The first French edition of Hales` groundbreaking work on plant physiology (Vegetable Staticks, 1733), containing an account of numerous experiments - the loss of water in plants by evaporation, the rate of growth of shoots and leaves, and variations in root force at different times of the day. The translator`s preface contains De Buffon`s praise of Hales` scientific methods. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.
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Price: EUR 690.00 = appr. US$ 749.92 Seller: De Slegte
- Book number: 47998
- Book number: 47998