GAY-LUSSAC, Joseph-Louis.

Instruction pour l'usage de l'alcoomètre centésimal et des tables qui l'accompagnent.

Paris, Collardeau, 1824. 12mo, pp. 22, [1 blank], [36], [55-]59, 9,[1 blank], [1], 6, [34, tables];a fine copy in contemporary diced russet boards. FIRST EDITION of an important work which served as the basis for official measurement of alcoholic content in France. It was commissioned by the Académie, whose report stated, 'M. Gay-Lussac has treated the question under all its heads and with his usual skill. The tables are the result of difficult calculations, and are a very useful acquisition for science and for industry. The authorities will find simple and accurate means for the estimation duty'.Not in Cole.

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