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Title: Die Wärmelehre des Innern unsers Erdkörpers ein Inbegriff aller mit der Wärme in Beziehung stehenden Erscheinungen in und auf der Erde. Nach physikalischen, chemischen und geologischen Untersuchungen. Umgearbeitete und weiter ausgeführte Ausgabe einer gekrönten Preisschrift.
Description: Leipzig, Joh. Ambros. Barth, 1837. 8vo (20.3 x 12.3 cm). xxiv, 512 pp., several tables. Original marbled boards. Red morocco label with gilt title on the spine. Edges red. = Classic book on the internal heat of the earth and its manifestations on the earth's surface, including volcanism. DSB: "The chief work of this volcanistic period was the "Wärmelehre des Innern unseres Erdkörpers" (1837) by Bischof. The volume reduction observed during the cooling of melted basalt inspired Elie de Beaumont to propose that folded mountain chains arise from wrinkling of the surface of the contracted earth... Boards somewhat rubbed; library stamp on front free endpaper recto and title, otherwise very good. DSB 2, p. 158; Ward and Carozzi, 223.

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Price: EUR 450.00 = appr. US$ 489.08 Seller: Dieter Schierenberg BV
- Book number: 7484