The Air by Robert Mudie

The Air by Robert Mudie, Published London Thomas Ward & Co 27 Paternoster Row. 1835, First Edition. Baxter’s pictures Air Bird (CL No 17) and Scene on the Mountain Tops (CL No 16) are within as Frontispieces, see pictures. Also, there is detail on the front fly sheet about presentation in 1839. Sold by T Webb, 43 Lower Sackville Street, Dublin. Boards Brown stamped with gilt spine lettering; and spine firm, 280 pages, viii, terminates with a Catalogue of New Works by Ward & Co, the publishers. End papers good, some spotting to final end paper. Includes a preface by Robert Mudie. Contents include: Section 1: Preliminary Remarks. Section II: State of Air. Section III: Relation Between Heat and the State of Bodies, Especially the Air. Section IV: Composition and Structure of the Air. Section V: Weight, or Pressure, and Volume of the Atmosphere. Section VI: Evaporation. Section VII: Separation of Moisture From the Air. Section VIII: Conclusion. A very good copy.