Davy (Sir Humphry). On the Safety Lamp for Coal Miners

Davy (Sir Humphry). On the Safety Lamp for Coal Miners, first edition, folding plate (spotted), 1818; Higgins (William) Experiments and Observations on the Atomic Theory and Electrical Phenomena, diagrams in the text, first edition, 1814; Bostock (John) An Account of the History and Present State of Galvanism, first edition, 2 engraved plates, 1818, 3 works bound together in one vol., contemporary half calf, broken, covers detached * Apart from Davy's famous work on the Safety Lamp, this volume contains William Higgins' scarce work on atomic theory, of which this Irish Chemist was an early proponent. John Dalton is said to have based much of his work on Higgins.