A short Account of the Improvements in Gun=Powder made by Sir William Congreve. Being the Substance of the Specification of a Patent granted to him the 3rd of July, 1815.

London, T. Egerton, 1818. Contemp. marbled boards. Titlelabel with gilt lettering on upper board. A paperlabel pasted on lower part of spine. Stamps on title-page. A few faint scattered brownspots.

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First edition, giving details of a new way of manufacturing gunpowder which Congreve patented 1815.