The triumphal chariot of friction, or a familiar elucidation of the origin of magnetic attraction. &c. &c
By: by William Pope ... ; with plates from drawings made by the author
Contributors: Still, Alfred, 1869-; Burndy Library
Publisher: Printed for the author & sold by him ... & may also be had of every respectable Bookseller
Published: 1829
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 108
Subjects: Geomagnetism; Magnetic healing; Compass
Description: Provides a description of the author's "patent dipping needle mariner's compass," together with investigations into the origins of the earth, the theory of tides, the perpetual lamp, and perspective. Reprinted is a series of letters from ships' captains who have used the author's dipping needle with favorable results.
Notes: Colophon: Balne, Printer.

Plate I is actually the title vignette; plate II was cancelled--cf. p. [105]

Title vignette (author's silhouette)

List of subscribers: p. 107-108.