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Jean BERNOUILLI
Born27 juillet 1667
Died1 janvier 1748
LanguageFrench
NationalitySwitzerland
Mathématicien et médecin suisse. Frère de Jacques Bernoulli et père de Daniel et Nicolas Bernouilli. Il professa les mathématiques à Groningue (1695), puis à Bâle, après la mort de Jacques (1705), et devint associé des académies de Paris, Londres, Berlin et Saint-Pétersbourg. Membre de la Royal Society (1er décembre 1712).
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Chez Pierre Mortier|à Amsterdam 1735|9.50 x 17 cm|relié
Second edition statement, illustrated with a frontispiece and 14 plates, most of which are folding, and several in-text figures. Title page in red and black. Contemporary full marbled brown calf bindings. Raised band spines with ornaments. Red morocco title labels, and black wax volume labels. One lack at head with fragile headcap. Rubbing. One corner slightly bumped. Notable articles in each of the mentioned sections include the following: New phosphorus, by M. Bernouilli. Analytical observations on colocynth, by M. Boulduc. The absolute quadrature of an infinity of mean portions, by the Marquis de L'Hôpital. Another general rule for central forces, by M. Varignon. General method...