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DE LA CAILLE & Abbé NOLLET Histoire de l'Académie royale des sciences. Année 1748

DE LA CAILLE & Abbé NOLLET

Histoire de l'Académie royale des sciences. Année 1748

Chez J. Schoeuler, A Amsterdam 1757, In-12 (10x17cm), (8) 371pp. et (2) 216-566p. et (2) 570-911p., 3 volumes reliés.


Illustrated edition of 5 boards for volume 1, most unfolding.
Binding full brown marbled vintage calf. Back to nerves adorned. Title pieces in red morocco, and tomaison in black wax. Small part coming off in a headdress. A blunt corner. Friction. Good copy.
The following remarkable articles are to be found in each of the sections mentioned: Method for using large glasses of telescope without pipe during the night, by M. de La Hire. Physical reflections on a new phosphorus, by Mr. Lemery. Observations on Saturn, by M. Maraldi. General method for determining the nature of the curves, by M. Micolle. Corpses plunged in a whirlwind, by Mr. Saulmon. Of the curvature of the cylindrical vortex, by M. Saulmon. On pensules to seconds, by M. de La Hire. On the atmosphere of the moon, by Mr. Delisle. Observations on the turquoises mines, by M. de Reaumur. Precaution to be taken in the use of the resulting sequences or infinite series, by M. Varignon. Astronomical observations.

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