Wilde Oscar

1896 · réf. 48036 — Manchester The Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society 1896. 8vo. In the original printed wrappers. Offprint from "Memoirs and Proceedings of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society" Tenth 10 volume Fourth series. With author's presentation inscription to top of front wrapper: "With the Author's Compliments.". Lacking 1 cm of lower part of front wrapper not affecting text otherwise a very fine and clean copy. Pp. 61-71 1 plate. Scarce offprint issue with author's presentation inscription of Wilde's important contribution to the quantitative relations of the physical and chemical forces especially in relation to batteries. Henry Wilde 1833 - 1919 a wealthy individual from Manchester England who used his self-made fortune to indulge his interest in electrical engineering. He invented the dynamo-electric machine or self-energising dynamo published in 1866. The machine was considered remarkable at the time especially since Wilde was fond of spectacular demonstrations such as the ability of his machine to cause iron bars to melt. unknown