Item 27539CATHODE RAYS II: "On the Stratifications in Electrical Discharges as Observed in Torricellian and other Vacua -- Second Communication" (Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Vol. 149 for the Year 1859, pp. 137-160)
London: Royal Society of London, 1859. First Edition. Hardcover. vi, [4], 16, [1]-930 pp. 4to. Library binding, tan leather spine with gold embossed titling. Interiors clean, ex-library stamp on title page, and occurring sporadically within. Numerous folding plates that illustrate articles. Pages were trimmed slightly when rebound. John Gassiot's (1797-1877).....

