Author: Faraday, M.
Title: On the manufacture of glass for optical purposes.
Description: London, The Royal Society, 1830. 4to (29.6 x 23.1 cm). 57 pp. In a recent protective portfolio. = The famous British physicist and chemist Michael Faraday (1791-1867) was the speaker at the yearly Bakerian Lecture in 1829. This is a rare original issue of the first printed version of his speech, published in the influential and famous Philosophical Transactions. Do not confuse with the much abridged 8vo edition. Disbound but uncut. A very good, clean copy. Not in DiLaura.

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