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[John Whitehurst]: The Collected Works of John Whitehurst, F.R.S. with Memoirs of his Life and Writings
O/P. The work includes:
o Memoirs of the Life and Writings of the Author (Frontispiece, 20 pages)
o In Inquiry into the Original State and Formation of the earth ([10 pages] + 283 pages, 7 plates (5 folding))
o An Attempt towards obtaining Invariable Measures of Length, Capacity, and Weight, from the Mensuration of Time ([ ii ] + xiii + 34pages)
o An Appendix to the Attempt (6 pages)
o Three papers from the Philosophical Transactions (9 pages, 3 folding plates)
(I) Thermometrical Observations at Derby
(II) An Account of a Machine for Raising water, at Oulton in Cheshire
(III) Experiments on Ignited Substances
o Observations on the Ventilation of Rooms; On the Construction of Chimneys; and on Garden Stoves (1 folding plate, [ vi ], 52 pages) Observations on the Ventilation of Rooms
The Collected Works was edited by C. Hutton and published in 1792. The Observations on the Ventilation of Rooms was completed by R. Willan, from John Whitehurst's unfinished manuscript, and published in 1794.
Bound in at the front of the book is a one-page handwritten manuscript letter by John Whitehurst, signed by him and dated 27(?) August 1787. The book is in very good condition, now re-backed with the original spine laid down, using new end papers and the original cloth covered boards (binding tight, light wear to cloth edges, corners a little bumped).

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