Peltier,[Jean-Charles] Ath[anase]. — Recherches sur la cause des variations barométriques.

Bruxelles, Hayez, 1844. 175 pp. [unopened as published]. 3 lithographed plts. Without covers. - Edges a bit worn; plates a bit foxed in the margin. (Mémoires couronnés et mémoires des savants étrangers, Tome 18, [no. 3]).This study into the cause of barometric variations is a scientific paper published in 1844 by the French physicist and meteorologist Jean-Charles Athanase Peltier (1785-1845). He was a French scientist known for his work in the fields of electricity and meteorology. The text was read aloud on November 2, 1844, and published in Brussels the following year. - Text in French.