Name/Title
Description of the Improvements of theRarifying Air-Stove, forWarming andVentilating Hospitals,Churches, Colleges, Dwellinghouses,Hot or Greenhouses,Description
PETTIBONE, Daniel. Description of the Improvements of the Rarifying Air-Stove, for Warming and Ventilating Hospitals, Churches, Colleges, Dwellinghouses, Hot or Greenhouses, Manufactories, Banks, , Barracks, Ships, &c. &C. For Which Letters- Patent have been Obtained from the Government of the United States of America. Phila.: Printed for the Author, 1810. 1st ed.
Rare variant issue of early American inventor Daniel Pettibone's description of his patented air heating stove and its recent improvements. Pettibone's stove was installed in the White House, but it was destroyed in the War of 1812. Included are testimonials from dozens of notable men of science, including Benjamin Rush and chemist James Cutbush.
This copy includes a final section. paginated 35-45. which is only known in one other copy: Pettibone's personal copy, currently in a private collection.
This section is entitled "Improvements on the Common Nine or Ten plate Stove" and was apparently suppressed by Pettibone when his pamphlet was distributed. It describes details 2 of planned improvements by Pettibone, which he probably decided to keep unpublished. Shaw & Shoemaker and OCLC together locate ten copies, none of which contain this final section, and Rink calls for only thirty-three pages as well. This is Stanley Griswold's copy who was appointed to the Senate in 1809Other Names and Numbers
Other Number
Rink 2902.Shaw & Shoemaker 21052.OCLC 11407476 _Condition
Notes
1st ed. 33, [3], [35] -45pp. Disbound. Contemporary inscription in upper margin of titlepage: "Mr. Griswold & Senate." Scattered foxing and soiling, dampstain to final four leaves. Lower free end corner torn away from leaf [35]-36, affecting one or two characters, •but no significant loss.