Adolphe QUÉTELET
Sur l'Etat du magnétisme terrestre à Bruxelles, pendant les douze années de 1827 à 1839 (Mémoire présenté à la séance du 6 avril 1839, et inséré dans le tome XII des Mémoires)
[On the State of Terrestrial Magnetism in Brussels during the Twelve Years from 1827 to 1839 (Memoir presented at the session of April 6, 1839, and published in Volume XII of the Mémoires)]
M. Hayez|Brussels 1839|22 x 28 cm|Broché
First edition.
Our copy is preserved in its original wrappers, under a provisional violet paper cover.
A vertical crease runs through the entirety of the booklet.
Inscribed and signed by Lambert-Adolphe Quetelet to Edmond Becquerel at the head of the title page.
A naturalist, mathematician, and astronomer, Lambert-Adolphe Quetelet (1796–1874) was the founder of the Brussels Observatory.
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