Berlin, G. Reimer, 1849. 4to. Contemp. hcalf. Gilt spine with gilt lettering. Light wear along fronthinge. A paperlabel pasted on upper part of spine. Stamps on title-page. VIII,512 pp. and 24 large folded lithographed plates. Some scattered brownspots.
First German edition. - ""The investigations of the Count de Pambour on the theory of the steam engine were conductive to the progress of thermodynamics by pointing out the proper mode of applying mechanucal principles to the expansive action of an elastic fluid."" (Rankine).