Wonders Of Science

971 A popular science book illustrated with numerous beautiful black and white wood engravings, both within and outside the text. Volume 1: Steam Engine, Steamship, Locomotive and Railway, Power Engines, Electric Machine, Lightning Rods, Voltaic Pile, Electromagnetism. 743 pages. Volume 2: Aerial, Electric, and Submarine Telegraphy, Transatlantic Cable, Electroplating, Electrochemical Gilding and Silvering, Aerostats, Etherization. 703 pages. Volume 3: Photography, Stereoscope, Gunpowder, Ancient and Modern Artillery, Portable Firearms, Armored Ships, Drainage, Fish Farming. 752 pages. Volume 4: The Art of Lighting, The Art of Heating, Ventilation, Lighthouses, Artesian Wells, Diving Bell, Gas Engine, Aluminum, Planet Neptune. 744 pages. Paris, Furne, Jouvet et Cie, no date (1857), 4 volumes in 4 vols, 20 × 29 cm, large octavo of 743 -703 -752 -744 pages, period half-syrah morocco bindings, spine with raised bands decorated with gilt tools.