electricity

Three works by Stefano Marianini, follower of Volta's work on electro-motors, and professor of physics in Venice and then in Modena.  Bound with:

• Marianini, Stefano. Memoria sopra la teoria chimica degli elettromotori voltiani. Venezia: Dalla tip. di Alvisopoli, 1830.
• Marianini, Stefano. Memorie di fisica sperimentale. Modena: R. Tip. camerale, 1838-1841.
• Marianini, Stefano. Metodo per ottenere i bassi-rilievi in rame: senza apposito elettromotore voltaico. Novara: Tip. Artaria e Comp., [1840].

This fugitive promotional piece advertises the author's invention, a portable electric lighter, which he designed for mining and smelting but which had much broader uses. The lighter is considered in the literature of the history of science the first electric household appliance. A German pioneer of ballooning, Lütgendorf conducted a wide range of electrical experiments and improved on Volta's advances on the electrical lighter. The illustrations show details of the author's innovations, particularly to the water clock.

A profusely illustrated rare volume about the "electrical television, distant cinematography, and image transfer" i.e. television, photography, and cinematography. Friedel, a government official and member of the patent office, discusses the theory and methods of how to transmit images through mirrors, prism-lenses and tubes.

First German edition of Volta's theory of electricity denying Galvani's conclusions and affirming his own contact theory. Originally published as Nuova memoria sull'elettricità animale. Lettera terza.