Traite Dynamique by Dalembert Jean, First Edition (4 results)

1 Bl.,Titel, 4S., XXVI, 186 S., 2 S., 4 Falttafeln mit Diagrammen und 1 Bl. Halblederband der Zeit mit Lederecken. Rot gefärbte Schnitte. 5 bündiger Lederrücken mit einem gelb-orangenen Rückenschildchen mit goldener Aufschrift. In Gold geprägte Blumen-Rückenmuster zwischen den Bünden. Titel mit gestochener Vignette. Der Rücken ist an den Kanten etwas berieben und das Leder hat unten eine ca. 2 x 3 cm große Fehlstelle, die Buchdeckel sind in einem guten, sauberen Zustand. Die Bindung ist stabil und in einem guten Zustand. Die Seiten sind sauber und ungewöhnlich gut erhalten und nur gelegentlich minimal braunfleckig. Je eine kleine Seitenanmerkung in Tinte auf den Seiten XVI, 21, 51 und 83. Das Exemplar ist einwandfrei les- und benutzbar. Ganz allgemein kann man sagen, dass es sich bei dieser seltenen Erstausgabe um ein altersgemäß sehr schönes Buch handelt. D'Alembert war einer der wichtigsten Vertreter der französischen Aufklärung und einer der bedeutendsten Naturwissenschaftler seiner Zeit. Das vorliegende Buch zur Hydrodynamik erschien 1743 in Paris. Das von ihm aufgestellte Prinzip findet sich heute in allen einschlägigen Werken der Mechanik wieder. Dort aber oft sehr trivial entstellt, denn vor allem die korrekten Formulierungen weichen oft von dem hier vorliegenden Originaltext ab. Half-leather binding. Leather spine with a yellow-orange plate with golden writing on it. Engraved with a golden flower design. Title with an engraved vignette. The spine is worn out and there is a defect on the bottom part of the leather. The pages are slightly brown spotted. There are a few ink remarks on pages: XVI, 21, 51 and 83. The book is thoroughly readable and usable. Furthermore the covers of this rare first edition are in astonishing good condition. The book is generally in a good condition for it's age. No smoke smell. D'Alembert was one of the most popular representatives of the French age of enlightenment and a prominent natural scientist of his time. His principles described in this book are still used today. But in a trivialized manner and not as carefully worded as in this original text. Sprache: Französisch.

The first edition of a pathbreaking treatise by Jean Baptiste Le Rond d'Alembert (1717-1783), a landmark in the history of mechanics. The book contains 4 fold-out plates with diagrams (copper engravings). Antiqua typeface; the title page features a large device (copper engraving by Claude Duflos) with Mercury/Hermes and the motto "Erudit et ditat" ([Knowledge] instructs and improves); other pages are decorated with woodcut headpieces and initials. A complete, well-preserved copy. The front endpaper contains two bookplates of previous owners (Bibliotheca Riccardi in Modena; Petr Vopenka, a Czech mathematician and philosopher). /// Leather binding with gilt ornament and marbled edges; hardback, [4]+XXVI+[2]+186+[2] pp., 4 plates, 8° (17.5 x 22.5 cm), leather worn and rubbed, corners slightly bumped, free front endpaper missing, some pages slightly yellowed, ca 10 pages with tiny/small brown spots (usually just one or two), several pages and second plate with a few tiny ink stains, first plate slightly worn, with minor ink stains and smudges, other signs of wear and age are rare (small tear, chipped corner etc.), condition: good Book Language/s: French.

Couverture rigide. Condition: Bon. Edition originale. ---- BEL EXEMPLAIRE en dépit des petits défauts signalés ---- Nouvelle édition (seconde édition) en PARTIE ORIGINALE revue et fort augmentée par l'auteur : "Cette seconde édition est augmentée d'un tiers". (D'ALEMBERT - Préface) ---- "Le traité est réédité en 1758 avec d'importantes augmentations (plus d'un tiers du volume), concernant notamment la démonstration du théorème de la conservation des forces vives". (EN FRANCAIS DANS LE TEXTE N° 147) ---- Exemplaire ayant appartenu à M. LITTRE, Professeur de philosophie avec cette inscription sur le premier feuillet de garde : "acheté chez M. Le Roux 1780 par M. LITTRE Professeur de philosophie" ---- P., Jombert, 1758, un volume in 4 relié en pleine basane, dos orné de fers dorés, tranches rouges (reliure de l'époque), (habiles restaurations à la reliure, petit travail de vers sans gravité dans les marges inférieures de quelques feuillets), (6), 40pp., 272pp., 13pp., 5 planches dépliantes ---- En Français dans le texte N° 147 : "Le Traité de dynamique est réédité en 1758 avec d'importantes augmentations (plus d'un tiers du volume), concernant notamment la démonstration du théorème de la conservation des forces vives" ---- "The treatise on dynamics was d'Alembert's first major book and it is a landmark in the history of mechanics, d'Alembert's work reduces the laws of the motion of bodies to a law of equilibrium. Its statement that "the internal forces of inertia must be equal and opposite to the forces that produce the acceleration" is still known as "d'Alembert's Principle". This principle is applied to many phenomena and, in particular, to the theory of the motion of fluids. It has become useful in the practical solution of many technical and mechanical problems, and is as important for the motion of bodies as is the principle of virtual velocities for their equilibrium - the latter formulated by Johann Bernoulli in 1717". (PMM N° 195 1st ed.) ---- Norman N° 32 - DSB I pp. 110/117**1471(0)/J1-1473(0)/ARB3.

Couverture rigide. Condition: Bon. Edition originale. ---- EDITION ORIGINALE -- BEL EXEMPLAIRE ---- EN FRANCAIS DANS LE TEXTE N° 147 ---- P., David, 1744, un volume in 4 relié en plein veau, dos orné de fers dorés, tranches rouges, (reliure de l'époque), (quelques taches claires sans gravité sur la page de titre et un nom manuscrit du XVIIIe gratté sur la page de titre, habiles restaurations aux mors et aux plats), 32pp., (4), 458pp., (1), 10 planches dépliantes ---- "In this work D'Alembert used his principle to describe fluid motion, treating the major problems of fluid mechanics that were current. D'Alembert first treatise had been devoted to the study of rigid bodies ; now he was giving attention to the other class of matter, the fluids. He was actually giving an alternative treatment to one already published by Daniel Bernouilli, and he commented that both he and Bernouilli usually arrived at the same conclusions. He felt that his own method was superior. The present work applies D'Alembert principle to fluids". (DSB I p. 113) ---- Norman N° 33 - Bibliotheca mechanica - Honeyman N° 805**1470(0)/ARM3-1474(0)/ARM3-1469/i.