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Gravesande, Willem Jacob."Physices Elementa Mathematica, Experimentis Confirmata- Sive Introductio ad Philosophiam Newtonianam". Geneva: H.-A. Gosse, 1748. 4th ed. 4to. 2 bands. (4), LXXXII, (2), 400 pp. (withou Liber III - pp. 401-572)- (2),...

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Gravesande, Willem Jacob 's

H.-A. Gosse

Geneva

1748

Gravesande, Willem Jacob."Physices Elementa Mathematica, Experimentis Confirmata; Sive Introductio ad Philosophiam Newtonianam". Geneva: H.-A. Gosse, 1748. 4th ed. 4to. 2 bands. (4), LXXXII, (2), 400 pp. (withou Liber III - pp. 401-572); (2), 573-1073, (43) pp. With 2 engraved vignettes to title and 109 engraved plates (without plates XLV-LXII). Paper binding from 19th century.

Rare Geneva edition of Gravesande's defining work. Its numerous plates are desgined to show Newton's ideas in action, and include several very detailed illustrations of experimental layouts. - Willem Jacob 's Gravesande (1688-1742) was a Dutch philosopher and mathematician.


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