This treatise includes experiments on eletricity (with mentions of B. Franklin), ballooning (mentions of J. P. Blanchard), pharmacology, chemistr, and hydraulics. Included is a sketch of Woulfe's bottle for passing gases through liquids (Peter Woulfe, 1767).
Provenance
Custodial history:This volume was once owned by Alfred Lejourdan, engineer and director of plants and zoology in Marseilles.
General physical description
1 volume, 163 p.
General note
This work is signed "G" on the title page, possibly short for Gariel (the words "Grandpere Gariel" are written in pencil, in an unknown hand, on the title page).
Early American History Note
This beautifully bound volume contains numerous essays on scientific developments that occurred in the 18th century. The text of the notebook is written so that the manuscript appears like a published work. Among the topics discussed are electricity, physics, balloons, pharmacology, and an invention by Peter Woulfe. The notebook is in French.
Family Name(s)
- Gariel.
- Woulfe, Peter, -- ca. 1727-1803.
Genre(s)
- Educational Material
- Foreign Language
- Manuscript Essays
- Notebooks
- Scientific Data
Personal Name(s)
- Anonymous
- Blanchard, Jean-Pierre, 1753-1809
- Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790
- Lejourdan, Alfred
Subject(s)
- Balloons.
- Chemistry -- Experiments.
- Education
- Electricity -- Early works to 1850.
- Gases.
- Hydraulics.
- Pharmacology.
- Science -- History.
- Science and Technology
- Technology -- History.