Elementary treatise on physics, experimental and applied, for use of colleges and schools
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Catalogue Number: 357
Elementary treatise on physics, experimental and applied, for use of colleges and schools
Category: Book
Sub-Category: Book of historical note
Author: Adolphe GANOT
Year Of Publication/Manufacture: 1870
Edition: 4th Edition
Time Period: 19th C
Place Of Publication/Manufacture: London
Publisher/Manufacturer: Longmans Green and Co
Description Of Item: Original cloth, xii prelims, 888 pages, Colour frontispiece, 663 figures in text. Translated from the French by E Atkinson
Historical Significance: This is probably the first edition published in England. The earliest edition is 1869 published in the USA by W Wood and Co. Adolphe Ganot (1804-1997) wrote very influential textbooks on physics that were widely read in the 19th and 20th C. Joseph Simon undertook a PhD dissertation in the philosophy department of Leeds University on 'Communicating Science in 19th Century Europe: The Production, Distribution and Use of Ganot's Physics Textbooks' It is reported that Joseph Stanely Mitchell FRS (1909-1987) read Ganot's Physics by the time he was eight See Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society, Vol. 34, Dec., 1988
How Acquired: Donated by John Hodge, optometrist, who obtained this book from earlier Adelaide optometrist Albert Gibson Brown
Date Acquired: 22/07/2004
Condition: Good
Location: Archive room. East wall. Books of historical note
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