A Philosophical Inquiry into the Cause of Animal Heat: with Incidental Observations on Several Phisiological and Chymical Questions, connected with the Subject

by Peter Dugud Leslie, or Patrick

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First edition

viii, 362 pp. 8vo, cont. tree calf, flat spine gilt, red morocco lettering piece on spine. London: S. Crowder & J. Robson, 1778. First edition in English. “The greatly enlarged and only English version of Dissertatio physica, inauguralis, de caloris animalium causa Edinburgh, 1775 , by Patrick Dugud ca. 1755-1783 , who changed his name to Leslie. In this work he further develops his ideas on the origin and maintenance of animal heat, ascribing

• Binding: Leather

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