Brewster, David. - OBSERVATIONS ON THE MEAN TEMPERATURE OF THE GLOBE. (Read February 7. 1820).

..., 1820. Slim 4to. ([201]-225)pp. + [i] blank. Unopened in parts, disbound, loosely inserted in modern paper wrapps. with paper title label and booksellers ink stamp to upper wrapp. ¶ From the Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Volume IX. Brewster brings together the findings of various people - Tobias Mayer, Humboldt, Scoresby, Parry to provide an overview of the average temperatures of different part of the world. Sir David Brewster (1781-1868) was a physicist, mathematician, astronomer, inventor (of the Kaleidoscope), and writer.

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