‎"EULER, (JOHANN ALBRECHT).‎
‎Théorie de L'Inclination de LÉguille magnetique confirmé par des Expériences. Traduit du Latin.‎

‎(Berlin, Haude et Spener, 1757). 4to. No wrappers, as issued in ""Mémoires de l'Academie Royale des Sciences et Belles-Lettres"", tome XI, Année 1755, pp. 117-201 and 2 folded engraved plates.‎

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‎First printing of Johann Euler's large memoir on earth magnetism.""Johann Albrecht Euler (27 November 1734 in St. Petersburg - 17 September 1800 in St. Petersburg) was an astronomer and mathematician. He was the first child of Leonhard Euler himself. In 1754 he became a member of the Berlin Academy. On Euler's return to St. Petersburg in 1765, he was appointed as the chair of physics at the St. Petersburg Academy. In St. Petersburg, he lived in his father's house"" Johann Albrecht's family occupied the ground floor. He won a total of 7 international academy prizes.""‎