Published by W. Inny's and R. Manby, London, 1735
Seller: Old Bookshelf, Wilmington, DE, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: USED_FAIR. 4th Edition. [16], 435,[13] pp, 17 folding plates. Contemporary calf. Covers detached and worn but present, spine worn. Contents tanned and occasional light margin soil, endpapers and title page edge-darkened, Burgiss Allison's name and stamp ont title page, notations on endpapers, text block is solid. Contents are complete, but will require some restoration.
Published by W. Innys . and R. Manby, London, 1741
Seller: Brainerd Phillipson Rare Books, Holliston, MA, U.S.A.
Association Member: SNEAB
Signed
Second Edition (Stated on title page). Splendidly bound in original contemporary binding of full calf leather with rectangular gilded rules along the borders of the front and rear panels. Gilt horizontal rules along the spine with a handsome red moroccan lable stamped in gilt. The leather is supple and burnished to a delightful patina. Wear and some abrading to the top of the spine ends, exposing the headband. Signed several times by "Benjamin West"probably not the noted artist. Signed and dated 1761. Printed on high quality rag paper with numerous folding plates and charts throughtout. With some wrinkling to the corner of p. 110. With 17 folding engraved plates. The engravings illustrate the use of pulleys, levers, convex and concave lenses for spectacles; plate XIII rainbows and reflection of light; plus several plates on the solar system and eclipses.S'Gravesande (1688-1742) is credited with the invention of the first heliostat. He was a friend of Newton, and introduced Newtonian philosophy into Leyden. Willem Jacob 's Gravesande (26 September 1688 28 February 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). 's Gravesande's book was soon translated into English by John Theophilus Desaguliers, curator of experiments for the Royal Society. (Wikipedia).
Published by W. Inny's and R. Manby, London, 1753
Seller: Moroccobound Fine Books, IOBA, Lewis Center, OH, U.S.A.
Association Member: IOBA
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First English edition after the Latin of 1723. (16), 435 (13) pp. with 17 fold-out plates. Hardcover, bound in contemporary boards, rebacked. Bookplate. One corner of the title page clipped. Outer margin of one plate soiled.