Marat. Recherches physiques sur le Feu. 1780
MARAT, Jean-Paul. Recherches physiques sur le Feu.
Paris, Ant. Jombert, 1780.
650 €
8vo (7,8x4,9 inches) of 2 ff. (half-title and title page), 202 pp., [1] ff. illustration: Seven folding plates. binding: Modern hard-bound binding of Laurenchet.
One of the best known of the scientific books by the infamous French revolutionary Marat. In the Recherches physiques sur le Feu", he sets forth his theory of "fluide ignée", a mechanical explanation of the phenomenon of heat, based on 166 experiments in two of which he demonstrates an increase in weight of metals after calcination (pp. 29-31).
references: Duveen [388].
provenance: D.V. Philippe, surgeon,1780 ( manuscript note).
