Groeijende weegkunde, of Bericht van eenige weegkundige ondervindingen over het sap in gewassen [...]. Mitsgaders eene Proeve van de ontbinding der lucht [...].

8vo: [12]-316 pp.

Contemp. vellum (soiled and def., spine and part of lower cover gone). Inside a good copy.

Dutch translation by P. Le Clercq (1692-1759) of a number of essays by the English clergyman and scientist Stephen Hales (1677-1761) publ. in the Philosophical Transactions. He made numerous experiments in plant physiology and chemistry of the air. 19 full-page engr. with 46 ill. Title in red and black.
Ref. STCN. - Not in Bierens de Haan
Prov. Old name on front endpaper.