RÉAUMUR, René-Antoine Ferchault de (1683-1757). L'Art de convertir le Fer forgé en Acier, et l'art d'adoucir la fer fondu, ou de faire des ouvrages de fer fondu aussi finis que de fer forgé, Paris: P. A. Paulus-du-Mesnil for Michel Brunet, 1722, 4°, FIRST EDITION, 17 folding engraved plates (ownership inscription cut away from outer margin of title), old boards (spine and corners rubbed). [Hoover 677] Provenance: B. Anderson (signature and impression of seal); JCL

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RÉAUMUR, René-Antoine Ferchault de (1683-1757). L'Art de convertir le Fer forgé en Acier, et l'art d'adoucir la fer fondu, ou de faire des ouvrages de fer fondu aussi finis que de fer forgé, Paris: P. A. Paulus-du-Mesnil for Michel Brunet, 1722, 4°, FIRST EDITION, 17 folding engraved plates (ownership inscription cut away from outer margin of title), old boards (spine and corners rubbed). [Hoover 677] Provenance: B. Anderson (signature and impression of seal); JCL

拍品专文

In his 'Art of converting iron into steel and of rendering cast iron ductile,' Reamur "revealed for the first time hitherto secret details of the process and also came very close to the correct explanation of the nature of steel, that it is iron combined with a small quantity of carbon. Reamur's interests extended to tinplating, porcelain, a new thermometer scale, the history and social life of insects, and the artificial incubation of eggs. His scientific papers flowed on for half a century" (Hoover).