Pierre VARIGNON, MARALDI
Histoire de l'Académie royale des sciences. Année 1707
Chez Pierre Mortier|à Amsterdam 1747|10 x 17 cm|2 tomes en 2 volumes reliés
Statement of second edition, illustrated with 13 plates, most folding, including a frontispiece. Title pages in red and black.
Contemporary full marbled brown calf bindings. Spines with raised bands decorated. Red morocco title labels, and black wax volume labels. Damage to tail of volume I, and one wormhole. 2 corners slightly bumped. Overall, a good copy.
Notable among the articles mentioned in each section are the following remarkable pieces: Geometric incompatibility of the hypothesis of the earth's rotation on its center, with that of Galileo concerning gravity, by M. Varignon. Consideration of the second inequality in the movement of Jupiter's satellites, by M. Maraldi. Observation of Jupiter's conjunction with Regulus, by M. de La Hire. Quadratures of cylindrical surfaces on parabolic bases by M. de La Hire. Observations on spiders by M. Homberg. Observations of the planet Mars by the nebulous star of the crab, by M. Maraldi. On centripetal and centrifugal forces considered generally in all sorts of curves, by M. Bomie. Observations on essential oils by M. Geoffroy.
Contemporary full marbled brown calf bindings. Spines with raised bands decorated. Red morocco title labels, and black wax volume labels. Damage to tail of volume I, and one wormhole. 2 corners slightly bumped. Overall, a good copy.
Notable among the articles mentioned in each section are the following remarkable pieces: Geometric incompatibility of the hypothesis of the earth's rotation on its center, with that of Galileo concerning gravity, by M. Varignon. Consideration of the second inequality in the movement of Jupiter's satellites, by M. Maraldi. Observation of Jupiter's conjunction with Regulus, by M. de La Hire. Quadratures of cylindrical surfaces on parabolic bases by M. de La Hire. Observations on spiders by M. Homberg. Observations of the planet Mars by the nebulous star of the crab, by M. Maraldi. On centripetal and centrifugal forces considered generally in all sorts of curves, by M. Bomie. Observations on essential oils by M. Geoffroy.
€450