SAULMON, François NICOLE
Histoire de l'Académie royale des sciences. Année 1715
Chez Panckoucke|à Paris 1777|10 x 17 cm|relié
Illustrated edition with 10 plates, most of them folding.
Contemporary full marbled brown calf binding. Raised spine decorated. Red morocco title-label, and black wax volume label. Small section detaching at headcap. One corner slightly bumped. Rubbing. Good copy.
Of particular note in each of the mentioned sections are the following remarkable articles: Method for using large telescope lenses without tube during the night, by M. de La Hire. Physical reflections on a new phosphorus, by M. Lemery. Observations on Saturn, by M. Maraldi. General method for determining the nature of curves, by M. Micolle. On bodies plunged in a whirlpool, by M. Saulmon. On the curvature of the cylindroidal whirlpool, by M. Saulmon. On seconds pendulums, by M. de La Hire. On the atmosphere of the moon, by M. Delisle. Observations on turquoise mines, by M. de Réaumur. Precautions to be taken in the use of resulting infinite suites or series, by M. Varignon. Astronomical observations.
Contemporary full marbled brown calf binding. Raised spine decorated. Red morocco title-label, and black wax volume label. Small section detaching at headcap. One corner slightly bumped. Rubbing. Good copy.
Of particular note in each of the mentioned sections are the following remarkable articles: Method for using large telescope lenses without tube during the night, by M. de La Hire. Physical reflections on a new phosphorus, by M. Lemery. Observations on Saturn, by M. Maraldi. General method for determining the nature of curves, by M. Micolle. On bodies plunged in a whirlpool, by M. Saulmon. On the curvature of the cylindroidal whirlpool, by M. Saulmon. On seconds pendulums, by M. de La Hire. On the atmosphere of the moon, by M. Delisle. Observations on turquoise mines, by M. de Réaumur. Precautions to be taken in the use of resulting infinite suites or series, by M. Varignon. Astronomical observations.
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