‎SIGAUD DE LA FOND (J.A.)‎
‎Elémens de physique théorique et expérimentale -- EDITION ORIGINALE -- 4 VOLUMES (COMPLETE SET) -- BEL EXEMPLAIRE‎

‎P., Gueffier, 1777, 4 VOLUMES in 8 reliés en plein veau marbré, dos orné de fers dorés, tranches rouges (reliures de l'époque), (1 coin émoussé avec petit manque de cuir, déchirure d'origine sans manque de papier à deux feuillets, l'étiquette de titre du tome 2 manque), T.1 : 12pp., 778pp., (1), 7 PLANCHES DEPLIANTES, T.2 : (2), 565pp., 10 PLANCHES DEPLIANTES, T.3 : (2), 550pp., 29pp., 4 PLANCHES DEPLIANTES, T.4 : (2), 632pp., 4 PLANCHES DEPLIANTES‎

Reference : 4779

‎---- EDITION ORIGINALE ---- BEL EXEMPLAIRE ---- EX-LIBRIS manuscrit dans la marge supérieure des faux-titres DUBOIS DE LA FERONIERE ---- "The author had planned to reprint his Leçons de physique with some additions but found so many changes were necessary that a new work was needed. The present work, designed to accompany his Description et usage d'un cabinet de physique expérimentale, follows the arrangement of that work. Extensive notes, both mathematical and for applications to chemistry and natural history, are found at the end of each volume. Some of the topics of chemical interest are : principles of compound bodies and chemical affinities, fixed air, the effects of air on the animal economy and, in the supplement, a description and usage of new apparatus for experiments with gases, phlogiston and fire". (Cole N° 1212) ---- "Sigaud De La Fond became demonstrator in experimental physics in the College Royal, professor there in 1760, in Bourges in 1786, and professor of physics and chemistry in the Ecole Centrale in 1795. Fourcroy was his pupil. He assisted Macquer in 1776 in experiments showing that water is formed in the combustion of inflammable air and published books on gases and on physics. He improved the nitric oxide eudiometer and found only slight differences in the goodness of different specimens of air, even in crowded rooms and hospitals. A similar result was found by the same method by Priestley (1779)". (Partington III pp. 105/106) ---- DSB XII pp. 427/428**4779/m2-4777/ARM4‎