WINKLER, JOHANN EINRICH.

Gedanken von den Eigenschaften, Wirkungen und Ursachen der Electricität, nebst einer Beschreibung zwo neuer Electrischen Maschinen.

Leipzig, Bernard Christoph Breitkopfs, 1744. Contemp. marbled boards. Titlelabel with gilt lettering. A paperlabel pastd on spine. (32),168 pp. and 3 folded engraved plate. Clean and fine.

First edition. Here Winkler for the first time shows that the electrical spark ignates alcohol. He also presents his invention of electrical machines. - The work treats "Properties, effects and causes of electricity; two new frictional machines, pp. 10 , 18; size of leather cushion, p. 21; velocity of electrical transmission, p.70, effect of magnet on electrical sparks, p. 63." (Wheeler Gift, No 313).
Poggendorff II, 1337.

Order-nr.: 51156