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FOUCAULT, Jean Bernard Lon (1819-1868). Sur divers signes sensibles du mouvement diurne de la terre . Offprint from: Comptes rendus des sances de l'Acadmie des Sciences 32 (1851) and 35 (1852). Paris: Bachelier, [1852 or later]. Square 2 o (261 x 210 mm). Collation: s6. 6 leaves, pp. 11 [1]. (Some light foxing, first and last leaves torn slightly along hinges.) Disbound. FIRST EDITION, second or later offprint issue, partly reset. In this issue, the date of the first cited session of the Acadmie in the heading on p. [1] has been corrected to "3 fvrier 1851" (see preceding lot), fols. [1-2] are unsigned and fol. [3] is signed with an asterisk, the colophon reads "Paris.--Imprimerie de Bachelier," the text of the last sentence on p. 7 has been slightly modified, and the final paragraph has been reset to correct a missing space between two words. Dibner Heralds of Science 17 (offprint); En franais dans le texte 270 (offprint, first issue); PMM 330 (journal article); Norman 819.