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René-Antoine Ferchault de REAUMUR & CASSINI Histoire de l'Académie royale des sciences. Année 1729

René-Antoine Ferchault de REAUMUR & CASSINI

Histoire de l'Académie royale des sciences. Année 1729

Chez Pierre Mortier, à Amsterdam 1733, In-12 (10x17cm), (12) 164pp. ; 256pp. et 259-597p., 2 volumes reliés.


A frontispiece and a title sticker in Volume 1. Title pages in red and black. 16 plates in volume 1, 11 in volume II.
Binders full marbled vintage brown calfskin. Back with ornate nerves. Title pieces in red morocco, and tomaison in black wax. 3 blunt corners. Friction. Trace of burning and snag on the top plate of Volume I. Good copy.
The following remarkable articles are to be found in each of the sections mentioned: Observation of the total lunar eclipse of February 13, 1729 by M. Cassini; by Godin; by Louville. Memory on the analytical and indefinite calculation of the angles of the rectilinear and spherical triangles ... by M. de Lagny. Examination of vinegar concentrated by frost by Mr. Geoffroy the youngest. On the theory of varied movements, by the Chevalier de Louville. On some affections of the curves, by M. de Maupertuis. Second memory on porcelain, by M. de Reaumur. Comparison between some machines moved by fluid currents, by M. Pitot. From the comet of July 1729, by M. Cassini.

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