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BENEDICT, Francis Gano & CATHCART, Edward Provan.
Muscular Work. A metabolic Study with special Reference to the Efficiency of the Human Body as a Machine.
Frontis. & 10 illus. in the text. Numerous tables in the text. vi, [1], 176, [1] pp. 8vo, orig. printed wrappers (spine largely perished). Washington, D.C.: Carnegie Institution, 1913. First edition of this classic work on metabolism and physical fitness. Benedict (1870–1957), was an American nutritionist who developed a calorimeter and a spirometer used to determine oxygen consumption and measure metabolic rate. Very good copy, preserved in a calf-backed box. Ex Bibliotheca Mechanica. ❧ Garrison-Morton 657.
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