EDWARDS. le plus cher De linfluence des Agens physiques sur la Vie. 1824

Édition originale de cet important ouvrage dans lequel Edwards étudie linfluence des facteurs environnementaux (lair, leau, la chaleur, la lumière, la température ...) sur les organismes vivants.

Références:

Garrison & Morton [145.46 : "Edward studied the influence of environmental factors on animal life, concluding that vital processes depend on external physical and chemical forces but are not entirely controlled by them.". 1991 : "Includes account of Edwards important experimental work regarding the effect of light on the body"], Heirs [1330 : "Edwards (...) distinguished himself in a number of fields and founded the science of ethnology, but this classic treatise on environmental physiology constitutes his greatest achievement. Here Edwards describes and documents a mass of experimentation on the effects of air, water, heat, light, temperature, and electricity on the living organism."].

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

8vo (196x125 mm), xvi-654-(4) pages and 1 folding plate.

Later hardcover. Light waterstain at the beginning.

First edition.

Références:

Garrison & Morton [145.46 : "Edward studied the influence of environmental factors on animal life, concluding that vital processes depend on external physical and chemical forces but are not entirely controlled by them.". 1991 : "Includes account of Edwards important experimental work regarding the effect of light on the body"], Heirs [1330 : "Edwards (...) distinguished himself in a number of fields and founded the science of ethnology, but this classic treatise on environmental physiology constitutes his greatest achievement. Here Edwards describes and documents a mass of experimentation on the effects of air, water, heat, light, temperature, and electricity on the living organism."].