Essai sur l’art de l’ingénieur en instrumens de physique expérimentale en verre ….
First and only edition of this fascinating example of the intersection of the Enlightenment and the Industrial Revolution: a manual for manufacturing glass vessels for scientific instruments and experiments, and for its practical applications. Among the uses for these vessels (each of which Chevallier explains) are making firecrackers, felting and..... More