Hydrodynamica, sive de viribus et motibus fluidorum commentarii. Opus academicum ab auctore, dum Petropli ageret, congestum

First edition.

Full marbled calf binding , five spine compartments with gilt floral motifs, green morocco label,  marbled endpapers. Minor rubbing to boards, expertly restored at joints, corners, head and tail of spine. Very faint marginal dampstain to final leaves and folding plates.

Illustrated with a title vignette by Weis, twelve numbered folding plates, as well as numerous head- and tailpieces.

First edition of Bernoulli’s treatise that profoundly influenced the development of fluid mechanics for over a century. Hydrodynamica includes two landmark results: a proof of Boyle-Townley’s law and the eponymous equation describing fluid motion within a tube.

"With the publication of Hydrodynamica in 1738, the study of fluid motion attained the status of a science, taking its name from the work itself. Daniel Bernoulli proposed the first general theory of flow based on a mechanical principle—the conservation of living forces—and an approximation known as the hypothesis of parallel layers. This hypothesis, which divides the fluid into parallel layers moving at uniform velocities aligned with the flow direction, reduces the study of motion to a single spatial dimension, thereby leading to ordinary differential equations that contemporary scientists were able to solve. Bernoulli then compared theoretical values derived from these equations with numerous experimental results, detailed at the end of each of the thirteen sections, conducted with Euler between 1730 and 1733 during their time together in St. Petersburg" (Alexandre Guilbaud, The “Republic of Hydrodynamicists” from 1738 to the late 18th century).
Inserted in the volume are numerous manuscript calculation sheets, likely contemporary to the work.