Charles von reichenbach (7 Ergebnisse)

PAP. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

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Gebunden. Zustand: New. KlappentextrnrnThis book is a facsimile reprint and may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. First English edition. London: Hippolyte Bailliere, 1851. First English Edition of the "Complete Work, from the German second Edition. With the addition of as preface and critical notes by John Ashburner, M.D." Page 485 is mislabeled as 585. Collated to the Boston Medical Library Internet Archive copy. Note in rear says missing frontispiece. but this is not verified. 609 pages with index. One folding plate. Good copy in original pebbled brown cloth binding, with pressed or tooled decoration to boards and spine. Some chipping to head and heel, minor dark spots on spine, and a crease which may be a mended tear. This volume is the record of his major work, in Seven Treatises, on phenomena most related to his controversial 'discovery' of the Odic Force, to which he devoted his attention for the last 20 years of his life. RARE. You do not want to try to read it online! Reichenbach, 1788 ? 1869) was a notable chemist, geologist, metallurgist, naturalist, industrialist, and philosopher, whose researches led to his discovery of a mysterious light phenomenon, that he described as "Od", the "Odic Force". He posited it as a vital force surrounding and emanating from all things. His writings were influential in the later developments of mesmerism, animal magnetism, and spiritualism during the second half of the 19th century. The concept continues to influence esoteric thought and healing. This copy belonged to Margaret Geiger, a theosophist, lay homeopath and healer. Her pencil notes are in the rear. Her name and address in Babylon, NY are penciled on the inside front board, with her stamp of the "Invisible College" and the remnants of a sign out label.…