Histoire de l'Académie royale des sciences. Année 1716

Illustrated edition with 8 plates, most folding, and some text figures.
Contemporary marbled brown calf binding. Decorated spine with raised bands. Red morocco title-label and black wax volume label. Small lack to head. One corner slightly bumped. Light rubbing. Good copy.
Notable articles in each of the mentioned sections include: On the construction of compasses, by M. de La HIre. Resolution of a problem proposed by M. de Lagny, by M. le Chevalier Renau, by M. Sauveur. Experiments made in a cylindroidal vortex, by M. Saulmon. Remarks on a singular case of the general problem of tangents, by M. Saurin. Method for firing bombs successfully, by M. de Ressons. Report on different densities of air, by M. Varignon. Description of the thorny candle of the king's garden, by M. Jussieu. On a difficulty in swallowing by M. Littré. Method of grafting stone fruit trees, by M. de Ressons. Theory of the movements of Saturn's satellites, by M. Cassini. Observations on the matter that colors false pearls by M. de Réaumur. Experiments on sound, by M. de La HIre. Establishment of a new plant genus, by M. D'Anty D'Isnard. Memoir on a monstrous child, by M. Marcot.