Author: Dr. Brewster and Professor Jameson [David Brewster and Robert Jameson]
Title: The Edinburgh Philosophical Journal from April 1, to October 1, 1821 / Vol. V.
Description: Edinburgh, Archibald Constable and Co, 1821. 1st edition. Hardcover. pp. iv, 420. 8vo. Freshly re-bound in burgundy cloth with gilt-lettered leather spine label. The contents are reasonably clean. Overall, in good, to good plus, condition. Ill.: engravings and maps. Published quarterly, this volume containing No.'s IX and X. Sir David Brewster (1781-1868) was a natural philosopher, and educated at Edinburgh University. He became a co-editor of the Edinburgh Philosophical Journal (EPJ) in 1819, with mineralogist Robert Jameson (1774-1854). Together they edited the most prestigious and influential journal of its kind, albeit for a relatively short period, until 1826, when Brewster left and the journal was re-named The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal. Jameson carried on with this journal until his death in 1854. The EPJ carried original articles, letters, and comments from some of the leading scientists and authorities of the day, including Charles Babbage, Humphry Davy, J. F. W. Herschel, Alexander Humboldt, William Scoresby, Robert Stevenson, and James Watt. This volume contains 10 of 11 plates, bound-in at the end of the book. It lacks Plate IV. Of the plates which are present, three are maps (one folding), six are technical in nature (one folding), and one is a facsimile of one of Copernicus's letters. Plate I is damaged, lacking the a portion of the right fold-out. Plate VI is very creased. Plate V was torn (now repaired) and has a chip out of the top edge. The title page is mostly torn away. With 56 original articles by authors, or contributors, such as Alexander von Humboldt, Robert Stevenson, Captain W. E. Parry, Alexander Fisher, J. W. Herschel etc.

Keywords: Alexander Humboldt;Sir John Herschel;Charles Babbage;Humphry Davy;William Scoresby;J. F. W. Herschel;Iceland;M. F. Groening; engravings and maps


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