ROBISON, John.

A System of Mechanical Philosophy.

[Edited] with notes, by David Brewster. 50 folding engraved plates & numerous illus. in the text. Four vols. 8vo, slightly later half-calf & pebbled cloth sides, spines gilt. Edinburgh: Printed for John Murray, London. 1822. First edition and a fine attractive set. Robison (1739-1805), professor of natural philosophy at the University of Edinburgh, was the principal contributor to the third edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica; many, but not all, of the articles printed here were written for that publication and intended to instruct artisans and craftsmen. "Volume I contains articles on dynamics, and strength of materials and its applications in construction. Volume II contains his article on steam and steam engines for the Encylopaedia Britannica with the thirty-page appendix by Watt, as well as papers on machinery, the resistance of fluids, water-works, pumps, and his theory of rivers. Volume III contains his contributions on astronomy, the telescope, and on pneumatics. Volume IV contains miscellaneous contributions on electricity, magnetism, variation of the compass, music, various musical instruments, watch mechanics, and seamanship."­Roberts & Trent, Bibliotheca Mechanica, p. 280. Lacks half-titles. Ex Bibliotheca Mechanica. D.S.B., XI, pp. 495-98. Wheeler Gift Cat. 791.

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