FABRE (Jean-Henri). Preliminary notions of... - Lot 5 - Métayer-Mermoz Maison de Ventes aux Enchères Paris

FABRE (Jean-Henri). Preliminary notions of Physics. Autograph manuscript. S.l., 1866, 278 pp. in-folio (28.5 x 19.5 cm), in sheets, some erasures and corrections, central fold, traces of dust and handling on some leaves. PHYSICS COURSE FOR HIGH SCHOOLS. The present manuscript comprises 28 chapters, numbered from 1 to 28 (out of 39 published), with discontinuous pagination from [1] to 337, i.e. 278 pp. in total. Each chapter ends with a summary. The names of the typographers have been noted in pencil in the margin. Chap. 1. Porosity (pp. [1] to 14; the first page is dated October 21, 1866). - 2. azure and indigo [] states of matter (pp. 15-22). - 3. all bodies are heavy [] the resistance of air (pp. 23 to 36). - 4. weight [] density (pp. 37-49). - 5. variety of solid bodies [] malleability (pp. 50-63; on the back of p. 63, a strip on the letterhead of Ch. Delagrave bearing the handwritten mention: "Monsieur H. Fabre, professeur au lycée impérial d'Avignon, Vaucluse," with 4 stamps and postmarks of November 11, 1866). - 6. Variety of liquid bodies [] sea level (pp. 64-75). - 7. liquid thrust [] hydraulic turnstile (pp. 76-88). - 8) Archimedes [] swim bladder (pp. 89-97). - 9. floating bodies [] ludion (pp. 98-105). - 10. Aerometers (pp. 106-114). - 11 Liquid levels [] artesian wells (pp. 115-120). - 12. Water jet [] fireworks (pp. 127-134). - 13. Atmosphere [] ascent of aspirated liquids (pp. 135, 136, 140-142, 145). - 14. Galileo, Torricelli, Pascal [] estimated pressures in atmospheres (pp. 146-160; postmark on reverse side of p. 160: Avignon, December 9 [1866]). - 15. Barometers (pp. 161-171). - 16. Otto de Guericke's machine [] key to the pneumatic machine (pp. 172-182). - 17. Transmission of pressure by gas [] perpetual snows (pp. 183, 190-194). - 18. Summary (pp. 211, 212). - 19. Siphon [] lamps (pp. 215-224). - 20. Heat [] cold (pp. 225-229). - 21. Thermometer tube (pp. 236-248). - 22. Wheel strapping, rails [] pe