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Synopsis

Second edition, with portrait.

Item Description

8vo. 7.5 x 5.25 inches. viii + [iv] + 179 + [1] pp. + 58 + [2] pp, publisher's advertisements. Bound in original maroon cloth, silt, with decorative black lines. Rough cut edges. Front hinge starting to crack and edge wear to extremities, including corners and head and tail of spine; otherwise a very good copy. Signature on first free endpaper. Illustrated by portrait frontispiece. Account of the life and work of the great scientist, Michael Faraday (1791-1867), physicist and chemist, who was a pioneer in the field of electrochemistry and electromagnetism. Chapters examine his life, character, method of working and the value of his discoveries. By the chemist, John Hall Gladstone (1827-1902). First edition published 1872.