Gravesande William (6 results)

Quarter Leather. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. A very good copy of the extremely scarce 1st edition of 's Gravesande's Essay on Perspective, first published as 'Essai de Perspective' in 1711. Willem Jakob 's Gravesande (1688-1742) was a Dutch mathematician and natural philosopher. He was Professor of Mathematics, Astronomy and Philosophy at Leiden University and used his position to promote Newton's mathematical and astronomical theories. He is credited with being the first Continental theoretician to disseminate and promote Newton's works. His best known publication 'Mathematical Elements of Natural Philosophy, Confirmed by Experiments' was published in 1720 as the result of his experimental work on Newton's mechanical concepts. This copy is newly bound in quarter calf with raised bands and title label to spine and marbled paper sides. New endpapers have been added. Contents: half title with old signature of W Parry to top; publishers' advert; title; translator's dedication 2pp; author's preface and errata pp i-x; text pp 1-120 with 32 folding plates - plates 30-32 bound after the Finis. The contents are in very good clean condition with light toning to paper - becoming darker towards page edges. There is occasional brown spotting, and an old damp stain mark at the top corner of pp 97, 101 and 103. There some professional paper repairs to plate edges. There are 2 sets of mispagination but the text is continuous: 83-48-85 and 91-26-93. Please enquire if you would like to see additional images.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Mathematical Elements of Natural Philosophy Confirmed by Experiments, Or, An Introduction to Sir Isaac Newton's Philosophy. Written in Latin by William-James's Gravesande, Doctor of Laws and Philosophy, Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy at Leyden, and Fellow of the Royal Society of London. Translated into English by J.T. Desaguliers, Fellow of the Royal Society, and Chaplain to his Grace the Duke of Chandos. London: Printed for J. Senex at the Globe, and W. Taylor at the Ship, 1720. First English Edition, VOLUME ONE ONLY! 259 p + 6 p publisher's adverts, COMPLETE 33 PLATES (all folding)! Full leather binding measures 8 x 4.5", 12mo. In good condition. Modern boards normally scuffed at edges and worn/bumped at corners. Head of spine chipped (headband intact); tail scuffed. Hinges creased; spine beginning to show signs of desiccation. Raised bands rubbed; title label in second compartment from head rubbed/soiled, but legible. Spot of water or tea dampness staining on front board. Top edge of text-block sporadically impacted by water or tea dampness staining; mostly around fold-out plates. Front end-page chipped around fore-edge. Old-hand ownership signatures found on both front and rear end-papers: "John Fitch His Book 1751". Normal toning and age-staining through text-block. Some fold-outs were incorrectly folded and are now outside of margins with some scuffing. Rear gutter cracked, but binding remains intact. Please see photos and ask questions, if any, before purchasing. Willem Jacob 's Gravesande (1688 - 1742) was a Dutch mathematician and natural philosopher, chiefly remembered for developing experimental demonstrations of the laws of classical mechanics and the first experimental measurement of kinetic energy. As professor of mathematics, astronomy, and philosophy at Leiden University, he helped to propagate Isaac Newton's ideas in Continental Europe. Gravesande's main scientific work is Physices elementa mathematica, experimentis confirmata, sive introductio ad philosophiam Newtonianam ("Mathematical Elements of Natural Philosophy, Confirmed by Experiments; or, an Introduction to Newtonian Philosophy"), published in Leiden in 1720. In that book, he laid the foundations for the teaching of Newtonian mechanics through experimental demonstrations. He presented his work before audiences that included Voltaire, Albrecht von Haller, and Émilie du Châtelet (the translator of Newton's Principia whose later commentary incorporated 's Gravesande's 1722 experimental discovery of kinetic energy). Gravesande's book was soon translated into English by John Theophilus Desaguliers, curator of experiments for the Royal Society. An introduction to Sir Isaac Newton's philosophy. The two volumes of Desaguliers's English translation were first published in 1720 and 1721 respectively. First English Translation. VOLUME ONE ONLY! RAREB1720FTVX - 05/26 - HK3586.…

8vo. iv, 187, [1] pp. 4 folding plates, decorative headpieces. Original gilt-stamped calf, modern red leather gilt-stamped spine label, raised bands; spine mended, rubbed. Ownership stamp of "P.G." Very good. RARE. First edition in English; first printed in Leiden in 1727, as Matheseos universalis elementa. "This work, translated into Dutch (1728) and English (1752 [sic]), is of didactic rather than original merit, but it was significant for its invitation to mathematicians to elucidate systematically Newton's Universal Arithmetick, which 'sGravesande exemplified by his own explanation of two passages from Newton's book. 'sGravesande found the lighthearted treatment of infinitesimals and the infinite in Bernard de Fontenelle's Elemens de la geometrie de l'infini (Paris, 1727) unacceptable, and he maintained his objections in the Journal litteraire against Fontenelle's rejoinder (1730)." â" DSB V, p. 510. REFERENCES: ESTC no.: T187811; not in Babson.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 4to (26 cm), contemporary Dutch blindstamped vellum on boards, spine with raised bands and manuscript title (hinges carefully restored); some marginal waterstaining at beginning of vol. I, a brown spot at inner margin of last 4 leaves in vol. II, but otherwise a good clean copy with a distinguished provenance: a manuscript inscription on the flyleaf of the famous swiss botanist Johannes Scheuchzer (1684-1738 see Poggendorff II, 794) dated april 1735, recording the purchase of the present volume, with his red wax seal. As well on titlepage of vol. I the mss. entry of the Swiss Mathematician Edmund Klinkhardt (d. 1848; see. Poggendorff I, 1274). Titles printed in red and black with engraved vignettes, pp. (26), 345, (5); pp.(8), 199, (13) with 72 folding engraved plates and 1 folding printed table. Second edition of Gravesande's main work (vol I in the 2nd issue). He was the earliest influential exponent of Newtonian philosophy in continental Europe, and the present work represents the largest, best argued and most philosophical summary of Newtonian science and experimental method, widely read not only in Europe but in England as well. Poggendorff I, 943; Roller-G. I, 478; Wallis 82.1. "The scientific reputation of G. is enshrined in this book, which he constantly corrected and amplified" (DSB V, 510).…

Volume I only. 8vo. pp. 1 p.l., xxii, 259, [5]ads. 33 folding engraved plates. woodcut ornaments & initials. later bds. (spine ends chipped, covers worn with some paper loss, hint of foxing). First Edition of the English Translation by J.T.Desaguliers. Volume I only. Gray 83 (calling for 32 plates). cfBabson 68. cfWellcome III p. 150. …

2 Volumes in 1. 8vo. pp. vi, [v]-xxii, 259, [1]ads; 8 p.l., 285, [19]index. titles in red & black. 58 folding engraved plates. woodcut ornaments & initials. A very nice clean copy in modern half morocco. ownership entry on front blank of Sir James Stonhouse, 11th Baronet [1716-1795], English physician & Anglican divine. Fifth Edition of the English Translation by J.T.Desaguliers of this work by the Dutch mathematician and natural philosopher which laid the foundations for the teaching of Newtonian mechanics through experimental demonstrations. "'sGravesande was the earliest influential exponent of the Newtonian philosophy in continental Europe.The strength of his exposition was in his perfection of the method of justifying scientific truths either by self-evidence or by appeal to experimental observationperfected by him through the design of many new instruments constructed by the instrument maker Jan van Musschenbroek". (DSB) Babson 68. cfGray 83. cfWellcome III p. 150.…