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CHLADNI, Ernst Florens Friedrich (1756-1827). Die Akustik. Leipzig: Breitkopf and Hrtel, 1802. 4 o (234 x 198 mm). Engraved portrait title vignette by F.W. Bollinger and 11 engraved plates (light browning throughout.) Late 19th-century half calf and marbled boards (some wear to head of spine). Provenance: William Molesworth (bookplate). FIRST EDITION. "Chladni, professor of physics in Breslau, was the first to reduce the general association between vibration and pitch to a tabular basis and thus to lay the foundation of the modern science of acoustics. His first results were reported in 'New Discoveries in the Theory of Sound,' 1787, and were greatly enlarged in 'Acoustics' 1802" (PMM). PMM 233b; Sparrow Milestones of Science 38; Norman 481.