Cours de Physique Experimentale et Mathematique par Pierre Van Mussenbroek. Trois Tomes - Traduit par M. Sigaud de la Fond
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Traduit par M. Sigaud de la Fond
Author: Pierre Van Mussenbroek
Publisher: Chez Guillyn
Place of printing: Paris
Year of publication: 1769
Product Condition:
Work in three volumes. Full leather binding with titles on gussets and gilt friezes on the spines with 5 raised bands, in poor condition: significant peeling on the plates (in particular detached covering with lack of the lower edge of the front plate in Volume II), on the margins and corners of the plates which are without skin covering; peeling on the spines and hinges, missing caps (in volume I the upper capital is partially detached) Red cuts with traces of dust. Paste plates and endpapers in colored marbled paper. Calligraphic signature on the title page of Volume I. In all three volumes, irregularly browned papers with important blooms and small brown spots, in some notebooks very intense; corrugated papers; tables in fine volumes, well preserved, with foxing, brown stains and traces of dust on the external margin; we point out: in volume II minimal lack of the external margin of C4; the Mmm notebook and the Bb,Pp,Qq,Rr notebooks of volume III are intensely burnished; in volume III minimal lack at the lower margin of Cc2; Planche 64 very burnished. Text in French, texte en français
Pages: (2),XLVIII,(4),472,26 plates;(4),510,16 plates;(4),504,23 plates
Format: Eighth
Dimensions (cm):
Height: 26
Width: 20
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Important work in the history of physics, in three volumes, which translates into French the studies of Pieter van Musschenbroeck (1692-1761), Dutch physicist, professor in Duisburg, Utrecht and Leiden, where he held the chair of experimental philosophy and physics. Starting from the study of Newton's theories, Musschenbroeck proposes and describes experiments and machinery relating to the different areas of classical physics. His work was translated into French by the physicist Sigaud de la Fond and published in 1769 by several Parisian publishers. The text is preceded by a dedication to William V, Prince of Orange and Nassau by Musschenbroeck's son, by an introduction to the work of the Dutch physicist by Jean Lulolfs and by an explanatory text "Discours sur la meilleure manière de faire les experiences”. The text is accompanied by 65 tables (numbered I-LXIV, the double Elegant engraved headpieces
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