Hydrostatical Pneumatical Lectures by Cotes Roger Smith Robert (5 results)
- Softcover
Seller: moluna, Greven, Germanymoluna
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Condition: New. KlappentextrnrnThis scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have.
More imagesPublished by W Thurlbourn, Cambridge, 1747
- Hardcover
Seller: Barter Books Ltd, Alnwick, NORTH, United KingdomBarter Books Ltd
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Condition: Used - Good
£ 273.00
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Brown hardback leather cover. Condition: Good. Second Edition. G : in Good condition without dust jacket. Rebacked using original boards. Prelims and index darkened. 200mm x 135mm (8" x 5"). [xvi], 289pp + plates and index. 5 fold-out b/w plates.
More imagesPublished by J. Nourse, London, 1775
- Hardcover
Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United KingdomRooke Books PBFA
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Condition: Used - Very good
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Leather. Condition: Very Good. An exceptionally bright example of the third edition of Cotes's posthumously published collection of lectures on hydrostatics and pneumatics, illustrated with five engraved plates. The third edition of this work, which was first published in 1738.Illustrated with five engraved plates to the rear. C…ollated, complete.A collection of letters from astronomer and natural philosopher Roger Cotes on principles of fluid mechanics, including the study of fluids at rest and the study of gases, and was considered an important exposition of Newtonian physics.ESTC T144814Edited and with notes by Robert Smith.On Cotes's death at age 34, Newton remarked, 'had Cotes lived, we might have known something'. In a full calf binding, with gilt detailing to back strip. Externally, excellent, with light rubbing to joints. Front joint starting, with board firmly held. Internally, firmly bound. Pages exceptionally clean and bright. Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). book.
Published by Cmabridge, J. Bentham Printer To the University, Cambridge, 1747
- Hardcover
Seller: Renaissance Books, ANZAAB / ILAB, Dunedin, New ZealandRenaissance Books, ANZAAB / ILAB
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Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Dust Jacket. Second Edition. Owner's signature of "Thomas Skelton March 1798" on title page. Front board nearly detached. Leather split along entire length of rear joint. A few chips to leather, up to 1". Neat pencil marginalia from a later date. Piece torn from rear free endpaper. Damp stains to u…pper 1" of folding plates. Some foxing and browning to preliminary leaves. Text block in good condition.; [xviii], 273, [x], pages + five folding plates. Full calf boards. Five raised bands on spine. Page Dimensions: 200mm x 122mm. ; 8vo.
More imagesPublished by Cambridge Printed by J. Bentham, 1747
- Hardcover
Seller: Shapero Rare Books, London, United KingdomShapero Rare Books
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Second edition; 8vo (21 x 14 cm); five engraved folding plates to rear, terminal advertisement leaf, p. 289 misprinted as 273, bookplate to front pastedown; contemporary full sprinkled calf, spine rubbed with slight to head, boards ruled in gilt, edges sprinkled red, a very good copy. Cotes was the first Plumian Professor of Ast…ronomy at Cambridge and a close friend of Sir Isaac Newton's who proofread the second edition of the Principia. Newton famously said after his early death in 1933, 'If he had lived, we might have known something.' ESTC T144320.
