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Title: Meteorological Essays Concerning the Origin of Springs, Generation of Rain, and Production of Wind. With a Rational and Historical Account of the Causes and Course of the Tide. Author: [Barlow, Edward] Place: London Publisher: John Hooke and Thomas Caldecott Date: 1715 Description: [xiv], 122, [2], 212 pp. 12 folding copperplate engraved maps. (8vo) 7¾x4¾, modern quarter brown morocco and marbled boards. First Edition. In addition to authoring this meteorological treatise Barlow is noted as the inventor of the pendulum watch. Lot Amendments Condition: Library stamp partially erased from title page and final leaf; light foxing, some worming in lower margin of final few leaves; else very good in a fine modern binding. Item number: 187035