Hydrostatical and pneumatical lectures.

Published by Printed by J. Bentham Printer to the University, for W. Thurlbourn, Cambridge, 1747

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[18], 273 [i.e. 289]pp, [11]. With five engraved folding plates and a terminal leaf of publisher's advertisements. Contemporary calf, recently rebacked, black morocco lettering-piece. Boards worn and marked. Hinges exposed, armorial bookplate of agricultural reformer Arthur Young (1741-1820) to FEP, head of title page shaved, scattered spotting. Ink-stamps of the Royal Agricultural Society of England to verso of title page and final page of index. The English mathematician Roger Cotes (1682-1716) was appointed Professor of Astronomy at Cambridge in 1706. A close friend of Newton, Cotes edited the second edition of the Principia in 1713. His untimely death was a great loss to English science, and Newton observed 'If he had lived we might have known something'. Cote's lectures, which were formal demonstration classes, were among the earliest of their kind in England. First published in 1738, this work is notable for containing the first English translations of Edmond Halley's 'Reason for Rising and Falling in the Barometer upon changes of Weather' and Newton's 'Scale of Degrees of Heat'. ESTC T144320. Size: 8vo.

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Title
Hydrostatical and pneumatical lectures.
Author
COTES, Roger
Publisher
Printed by J. Bentham Printer to the University, for W. Thurlbourn, Cambridge
Publication year
1747
Binding
Hardcover
Edition
Second edition.

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Established 2007, Antiquates Ltd is an Antiquarian bookseller with a large, custom built shop in the heart of the Dorset countryside. We sell fine and rare books from our Wareham shop, in catalogues, and via our website (www.antiquates.co.uk). Specialising in early printed books both English and Continental, fine English Literature, and books by, for, and about Women and Children, we nevertheless stock a wide range of works on paper from 1500-present - including modern first editions. Our bias is towards the unusual, the interesting and the important - and always have a good stock of rare books by local authors such as T.E. Lawrence and Thomas Hardy; we are just the place if you're looking for an extra-special gift for a wedding, birthday, anniversary or graduation. (Open Wednesday - Saturday, 10am-4pm)

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