Lot 427
  • 427

Earnshaw, Thomas

Estimate
1,500 - 2,000 GBP
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  • Earnshaw, Thomas
  • Longitude. An Appeal to the Public: stating Mr. Thomas Earnshaw's Claim to the Original Invention of the Improvements in his Timekeepers... and his consequent right to national reward. London: for the Author, 1808, FIRST EDITION, [viii], 280, [36]pp., errata slip, half-title
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DALRYMPLE, ALEXANDER. Longitude. A Full Answer to the Advertisement concerning Mr. Earnshaw's Timekeeper in the Morning Chronicle... and Times. London: F. Wingrave, 1806, FIRST EDITION, vi, 88pp., [Cook A226]

BEAUFOY, CHARLES. Experiments, &c. made for the purpose of ascertaining the Stability of Bodies floating on the Surface of Water. London: Printed by Joyce Gold, 1806, FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, 20pp.



3 works bound in one volume, 8vo (210 x 122mm.), contemporary half russia, marbled boards, spine gilt, a few leaves spotted

Pamphlets in the dispute over the reward for the invention of a chronometer to be used for the determination of longitude (see lot 426).


Condition

A good copy
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