Compendious System Natural Philosophy by Rowning (84 results)

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Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Second Edition. iii, Pt.1-75pp, 9 small folding plates + Pt.2-82pp, 4 small folding plates. Pt 1-The properties of Bodies, their Laws of Motion and mechanical Powers, Pt 2-Hydrostatics and Pneumatics. Front board missing, rear board cracked, text block is clean and tight but for grubby and crease ffep. Plates are all good. 350g.

Reprint. Parts 1-3 only (of 4) bound in one volume. The 4th part was published separately. 22 engraved fold-out plates. 8vo ( 8 1/4 x 5 inches), pages: xlviii:19:80:176:96.Contemporary full polished tan calf, spine gilt in compartments with later typescript lettering piece. Joints cracked, front free endpaper detached. There is no separate title page present to Part 2. Internally very good, clean & crisp.Subjects considered include: The Properties of Body; Of Vacuum; Of Attraction and Repusion;Laws of Motion; Of Pendulums; Of Projectiles; Of Central Forces; Of Motion; The Wheel and Axis; The Pulley; The Wedge; Action of Fluids; Of the Air; Of Sound; The Origin of Fountains; Of the Barometer; Of the Origin of Winds; Ascent of Vapours; Of the Causes of Thunder and Lightning; Optics; Of the Horizontal Moon; & much else.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1758 edition. Volume 1: Parts 1 and 2 (complete), and part 3, chapters 1-7. Octavo. xlviii, 80, 19, 176, 96 pp. Illustrated with 22 folded plates of diagrams. 21 cm. Contemporary full calf, a red morocco spine label, and gilt tooling. Two owner's signatures in ink on the title page and at the head of the preface ("Josiah Higgins," and "Joseph Skinner"), lacks the front free endpaper, a very good and complete copy of the first volume in with rubbing and scuffing to the boards, corners bumped, text pages clean and tight with light scattered spotting. An important early treatise on physics and mathematics.

Calf. Condition: Very Good. Revised Edition. 3 parts of 4 complete in itself (the 4th part was always published separately) so complete in itself. This single volume has the 3 books in different editions dating from 1753 and 1759. There is a XLVIIIi pages contents, then a separate title page to each work. Part 1 "The properties of Bodies". Their Laws of Motion. The Mechanical Powers. 5th edition with Additions. 81 pages with 10 folding copper engraved plates. 1752. Part 2. Consists of; The Barometer. Causes of Winds. Ascent of Vapours and Their various Constituencies. Causes of Thunder and Lightning With a Solution of the Phenomena of the Aurora Borealis. A New Theory on Fermentation. 92 pp + 2 folding copperplates. 4th edition 1753. Part 3 Optics. 86 pages with 6 folding copperplates, 4th edition 1759. Parts on and two page numbers are a continuation, part 3 is numbers pages 1-86. Bound in full mottled calf, gilt titles embossed on the spine, 5 half-raised bands, some wear at edges and edges of the spine, name of "ex-libris J Goodman, college .1784 Oxon" on FFEP and inside front board, "Richard's Library Oxford". Octavo. Various dates 1752-59 Sold as 3 parts in one volume as published. ***Author was: John Rowning, M. A. Rector of Anderby in Lincolnshire, and late Fellow of Magdalen College in Cambridge.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 29 x 13 xm. Two volumes in four parts with six title pages as follows: Preface (1743), Part I (1744), Part II (1737), Part III (1743), Part IV (1742-1743). With the continuation leaf for Part III of the second section, errata, and an Index for the Whole after Part IV. Text covers Mechanics, Hydrostatics and Pneumatics, Optics, and Astronomy. A total of 41 copper-engraved fold-out plates -- Vol. I (9), Vol. II (4), Vol. III (15), Vol. IV (13). Rowning, Rector of Anderby, Lincolnshire, and a Fellow of Magdelene College, Cambridge, developed the first mechanical device for solving polynomial equations. Although the machine works for any degree in theory, it was only practical for quadratics. ALLIBONE, Vol.II, p.1885. Raised bands, spine panels decorated in gilt, spine labels lacking, minimal text toning, back cover joints cracked -- at middle of Vol. I and foot, Vol. II -- but firm. Spine labels lacking. Overall, a clean, sound set. Contemporary full brown calf. Very good. 2 vols.

Leather. Condition: Good. None (illustrator). John Rowning's chief scientific work. comprising of parts I-III in their entirety, bound as one volume. The work is bound in a peculiar fashion in the order of Part I, Part II continued, Part III continued, Part II and Part III. The third edition of part I bound with the second edition of part II continued, the 1738 edition of part III continued, the third edition of part II, and the 1737 edition of part III. With a half-title to Part I and Part III continued, no other parts have half-titles in addition to their normal title-pages. Illustrated throughout. With plates I-IX to part I, plates I-IV to part II, plates V-VI to Part II continued, plates I-VI to part III and plates VII-XV to part III continued. Collated, appears to have all plates (30 plates in total across all three parts). Later editions have a part 'IV'. Similar editions on Copac of this work from 1737/1738 do not have a 'part IV' alike to this particular copy and this copy collates complete for this edition. John Rowning was a natural philosopher and mathematician. These dissertations discuss many topics including the properties of bodies, their laws of motion, mechanical powers, hydrostatics and pneumatics, optics, catoptrics and more. In a full calf binding. Rebacked with cloth to repair the joints and spine. Externally, bumped to the edges with patches of light rubbing to the boards and spine. Lacking one of the front endpapers and half of one of the rear endpapers. Prior owner's name to the title page of the first part. Small closed tear to the half-title page of part I. Internally, firmly bound. Plate VIII to part I is rather creased with small chips to the head. Lacking the top corner to plate IX of part I due to a prior owner's neat cut. Plate XII to part III is creased. Small hole to the margin of page 193-4 not affecting text. Pages are slightly age toned to edges. occasional light spots throughout. Good. book.

LeatherBound. Condition: NEW. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 484. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1758 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Volume 1 Language: English Pages: 484 Volume 1.

LeatherBound. Condition: NEW. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 504. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1758 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Volume 2 Language: English Pages: 504 Volume 2.

Leatherbound. Condition: NEW. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 486. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1753 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Volume 2 Language: English Pages: 486 Volume 2.

Leatherbound. Condition: NEW. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 476. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1745 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Volume 2 Language: English Pages: 476 Volume 2.

Leatherbound. Condition: NEW. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 472. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1753 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Volume 1 Language: English Pages: 472 Volume 1.

Leatherbound. Condition: NEW. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 470. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1745 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Volume 1 Language: English Pages: 470 Volume 1.

London, Sam. Harding, 1758. Cont. full calf, professionally rebacked in old style. Corners bumped. A fes leaves lightly brownspotted. XLVIII,80,19,176,96 pp. and 21 folded engraved plates. Dealing with Dynamics, Hydrostatics, Pneumatics and Optics. Having the general titlepage and 3 separate titles.