Author: MAGELLAN, J[ean] H[yacinthe] de.
Title: Description of a glass apparatus, apparatus, for making mineral waters like those of Pyrmont, Spa, Seltzer, &c. in a few minutes and with a very little expence: together with the description of some new Eudiomenters, or instruments for ascertaining the wholsomeness of respirable air; and the method of using these instruments in a letter to the Rev. Dr. Priestley.
Description: London: printed for W Parker, and sold by J Johnson and W Brown, 1777. 8vo. [ii]ii, v-viii, 47[1]pp, fine frontis plate. Recent old-plain-paper wraps. Housed in a modern half cloth fold-over box, spine lettered direct. Frontis with small stamp of the 'Birmingham Medical Institute Library', the contents of which were sold by auction in 2012. Magellan (1722-1790) was an Augustinian prior whose work improved on the earlier labours of Priestley; his researches were favourably reviewed by the London Magazine in 1783. He was elected F.R.S. in 1774. ESTC: BMp, BMu, L, Ct, E, O,Di; 7 North American locations. Sotheran 1-1273

Keywords: 1701-1800 Instruments Scientific. Mineral waters. Eudiometers. Mineral waters, Artificial. Eudiometers. Mineral waters, Artificial. Mineral waters, Artificial ; Early works to 1800 Eudiometers ; Early works to 1800. Mineral waters, Artificial Eudiometers