MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 01971cam a2200325 a 4500
001 08010965
003 DLC
005 20141125104137.0
008 141121s1774 enkaf 000 0 eng
010 $a 08010965
040 $aDLC$cDLC$edcrmb
050 00 $aQC895$b.D28
100 1 $aDe Brahm, John Gerar William,$d1717-approximately 1799.
245 14 $aThe levelling balance and counter-balance, or, The method of observing, by the weight and height of mercury on any place of terra-firma on the terrestial globe, the exact weight and altitude of the atmosphere below and above the place of observation :$bthereby to ascertain how much the horizon of the sea is lower than the place whereon the observation is made.
246 30 $aLevelling balance and counter-balance
246 30 $aMethod of observing, by the weight and height of mercury on any place of terra-firma on the terrestial globe, the exact weight and altitude of the atmosphere below and above the place of observation
260 $aLondon :$bPrinted for the author by T. Spilsbury ...,$cMDCCLXXIV [1774]
300 $axi, [1], 26 p., [10] leaves of plates :$bill. (engraving) ;$c37 cm (fol.)
500 $aAdded engraved title page.
500 $aDedication signed: William Gerard de Brahm.
500 $aNine of the plates are engraved tables.
500 $aSignatures: pi² a-b² B-G² [H]1.
510 4 $aSowerby, E.M. Cat. of the lib. of Thomas Jefferson,$c3716
510 4 $aESTC$cT144842
500 $aErrata: [1], 2nd group of paging.
500 $aLC copy forms part of the Jefferson Exhibit Collection.$5DLC
501 $aWith: De Brahm, John Gerar William. De Brahm's zonical tables for the twenty-five northern and southern climates ... London : Printed for the author by T. Spilsbury ..., MDCCLXXIV [1774]. Separately issued.$5DLC
650 0 $aBarometric hypsometry$vEarly works to 1800.
710 2 $aJefferson Exhibit Collection (Library of Congress)$5DLC
752 $aEngland$dLondon.