Volume 2

Catalogue of the Wheeler gift of books : pamphlets and periodicals in the library of the American institute of electrical engineers / edited by William D. Weaver ... ; with introduction, descriptive ad critical notes by Brother Potamian.

  • American Institute of Electrical Engineers. Library.
Date:
1909
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    2510. Description of the nature and use of Hadley’s quadrant; con- taining the theory and a demonstration of the principles on which the instrument is founded. 32 pp. I plate. i2mo. London, 1806 Also a short historical notice of the quadrant. 2511. Davy, (Sir) Humphry. (1778-1829.) On some chemical agencies of electricity. (Philos. Trans. Roy. Soc., 1807, pp. 1-56.) i plate. 4to. London, 1807 The Bakerian lecture for 1806; mode of action of the voltaic pile; electrical phenomena accompanying earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. —See also 2500. 2512. Duncan, J. S. Proposal for the establishment of a national Museum. (Philos. Mag., Ser. I., Vol. 29, pp. 296-298.) 8vo. London, 1807 This concluding paper refers to magnetic and electrical apparatus. 2513. Pasley, (Sir) C(harles) W(illiam). (1780-1861.) A polygram- matic telegraph for day signals. (Philos. Mag., Ser. I., Vol. 29, pp. 292-296.) 8vo. London, 1807 Signals mechanically transmitted by means of two arms fixed to the top of a vertical post. —See also 2520, 2557. 2568, 4379- 2514. Davy, (Sir) Humphry. (1778-1829.) On the decomposition and composition of the fixed alkalies. (Philos. Trans. Roy. Soc., 1808, pp. 1-44.) 4to. London, 1808 Properties of potassium and sodium. 2515. Electro-chemical researches, on the decomposition of the earths with observations on the metals obtained from the alkaline earths and on the amalgam procured from ammonia. (Philos. Trans. Roy. Soc., 1808, pp. 333-370.) 4to. London, 1808 Composition of the alkaline earths; their chemical properties said to depend on their electrical powers; a theory of the phenomena of volcanoes. —See also 2500. 2516. Brande, William T(homas). (1788-1866.) Observations on albumen, and some other animal fluids; with remarks on their analysis by electro-chemical decomposition. (Philos. Trans. Roy. Soc., 1809, pp. 373-384.) 4to. London, 1809 List of experiments made with a battery of 20 plates each of which was four feet by two feet. —See also 900, 2524, 2957. 2517. Children, John George. (1777-1852.) An account of some ex- periments, performed with a view to ascertain the most ad- vantageous method of constructing a voltaic apparatus for the purposes of chemical research. (Philos. Trans. Roy. Soc., 1809, pp. 32-38.) 4to. London, 1809 The author’s battery consisted of 20 pairs of zinc and copper plates, each plate being four feet high and two feet wide. The exciting liquid was a 1—2