Bache, Alexander Dallas; Courtenay, Edward H.

On the Relative Horizontal Intensities of terrestrial Magnetism at several Places in the United States, with the Investigation of Corrections for Temperature, and Comparisons of the Methods of Oscillation in Full and in Rarefied Air by A.D. Bache and Edward H. Courtenay [Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, vol. 5 New Series, Article XXVIII]

Philadelphia: Printed by James Kay, Jun. & Brother, 1837. [1], 428-457, [1] p.: tables; 29 cm. Disbound from a larger volume. This article was read before the Society on May 6, 1836. Alexander Dallas Bache (1806-1867), great-grandson of Benjamin Franklin, taught engineering at West Point; served in the United States Army Corps of Engineers; taught natural philosophy and chemistry at the University of Pennsylvania; and was superintendent of the United States Coast Survey. Edward H. Courtenay (1803-1853) was a professor of mathematics at the University of Pennsylvania; a civil engineer involved in the construction of Ft. Independence at Boston harbor; and professor of mathematics at the University of Virginia. In Very Good+ Condition: disbound from a larger volume, but solid; foxing; otherwise, clean and bright. Very Good +. Item #005030

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