Explosives

"Sur la force de la poudre et des matières explosives". Author's holograph MSS. This paper was prepared for the 'Séances' of Nov. 7, 14, and 21, 1870 of the 'Académie des Sciences, Institut de France', whose stamp in red appears on the cover, and first leaf of each part.

1870

1 volume 3 parts. folio. & 4to. Unbound. In three parts of 7, 10, and 21 leaves: written on half sheets and scraps, some pasted together.

Purchased 1930.

Database description transcribed from S.A.J. Moorat, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts on Medicine and Science in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library (London: Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, 1962-1973).