1798 W H Hall Large Antique Print of Various Pneumatic Air & Fluid Equipment

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Pneumatical Apparatus for ascerting Experiments on fixed Air and other Fluids….Halls Encyclopedia…C. Cooke…
Cartographer :
– Hall, William Henry
Date:
– 1798
Size:
– 15in x 9in (380mm x 230mm)
Ref#:
– 91138
Condition:
– (A) Very Good Condition
Description:
This large original copper-plate engraved antique print was published by William Henry Hall in the 1798 edition of
The new royal encyclopedia; or, complete modern universal dictionary of arts and sciences on a new and improved plan
…. printed by Charles Cooke, London.
General Definitions:
Paper thickness and quality: – Heavy and stable
Paper color : – off white
Age of map color: –
Colors used: –
General color appearance: –
Paper size: – 15in x 9in (380mm x 230mm)
Plate size: – 15in x 9in (380mm x 230mm)
Margins: – Min 1/2in (10mm)
Imperfections:
Margins: – Light age toning
Plate area: – Light age toning
Verso: – Age toning
Background:
The origins of pneumatics can be traced back to the first century when ancient Greek mathematician Hero of Alexandria wrote about his inventions powered by steam or the wind.
German physicist Otto von Guericke (1602 to 1686) went a little further. He invented the vacuum pump, a device that can draw out air or gas from the attached vessel. He demonstrated the vacuum pump to separate the pairs of copper hemispheres using air pressures. The field of pneumatics has changed considerably over the years. It has moved from small handheld devices to large machines with multiple parts that serve different functions.
Hall, William Henry
Hall was responsible for a significant publication in the middle of the 18th century
The new royal encyclopedia; or, complete modern universal dictionary of arts and sciences on a new and improved plan . containing a digest and display of the whole theory and practice of the liberal and mechanical arts comprising a general repository of ancient and modern literature . including all the material information that is contained in Chamber s Cyclopedia, the Encyclopædia Britannica, and the French Encyclopædie .
first published in 1788 going into many re-issues over the next 50 years.
The three volume set contained 153 copper-plate prints and maps, including some folding maps. Contained many brief encyclopedic entries in alphabetical orders plus longer, mainly illustrated, sections (systems or treatises) on a variety of subjects: Aerology; Aerostation (hot air balloons); Agriculture; Algebra; Amphibiology; Anatomy; Annuities; Architecture; Arithmetic; Astronomy (includes plates of telescopes); Book-Keeping; Botany; Brewing; Chronology; Chymistry; Comparative Anatomy; Concology; Dialling; Distillation; Drawing; Earth; Earthquakes; Electricity; Entomology; Farriery; Fencing; Fluxions; Fortification; Gardening; Geography (this section includes six folding maps); Geometry; Globes; Grammar; Heraldry; Hydrostatics and Hydraulics (one plate included a diving bell); Icthyology; Knighthood; Logic; Mammalia (included a plate showing whales); Mechanics; Medicine; Mensuration and Gauging; Miscroscopic Apparatus (microscopes); Midwifery; Military Affairs; Music; Natural History; Naval Affairs; Navigation (includes a folding map showing Cooks voyages); Optics; Oratory; Ornithology; Peerage; Perspective; Pneumatics; Projectiles; Steam Engines; Surgery; Surveying; Trigonometry; Vermeology; Volcanos; and War. Hard to find a complete set, as many have been broken up for their handsome copper plate engravings and maps.
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