WHAT IS ELECTRICITY?; By John Trowbridge, S.D. / Illustrated
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1897. B&W Plates. First Edition. Leather and marbled boards. 8vo, half leather over marbled boards, illustrated with B&W frontispiece of oscillatory discharges & a few B&W figures and plates, Index, top edges gilded [t.e.g.], 315 pages. Very Good. Item #9038
John Trowbridge was Rumsford Professor of Science at Harvard. His book was based on lectures and essays and was intended for a knowledgeable but popular audience interested in the subject without excessive mathematics.
Leather (calf) shows wear and slight rusting; marbled boards have retained their color and gloss with some rubbing. Pages are lightly uniformly toned. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper. No marks or annotations within the copy.
Price: $65.00