VOLTA, ALEXANDER.

Del Modo di Render Sensibilissima la piu Debole Elettricita sia Naturale, sia Artificiale.

London, Royal Society of London, 1782.

4to. In recent marbled wrappers. In "Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Vol. LXXII (72) for the Year 1782, Part I". A few leaves reinforced in margin, otherwise fine and clean. VII, (1), 237-280. 

First edition of Volta's peper in which he announced the invention of the "condensatore" for measuring small amounts of atmospheric electricity, otherwise too weak for detection. 

Order-nr.: 59890