explanation newtonian philosophy lectures read di sgravesande william james (5 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: 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.

Leather. Condizione: Fair. Not Stated (illustratore). The scarce second edition of E. Stone's English language translation of William-James S'Gravesande's work, teaching Newtonian mechanics. The second English translation of this work, first published in Leiden in 1720. Translated from the Dutch by E. Stone.The work of Dutch mathematician and natural philosopher William-James S'Gravesande.Illustrated with seventeen folding engraved plates. Collated, complete.These plates include illustrations of the use of pulleys, levers, convex and concave lenses for spectacles, the reflection of light, and the solar system and eclipses.Former owner's inscription to title page head.The author was a friend of Newton, and introduced Newtonian philosophy into Leiden, where he was a professor of mathematics, astronomy, and philosophy at the University. He is credited for propagating Newton's ideas in continental Europe. In a full calf binding. Front board and front free endpaper detached but present. Rear joint starting, with board firmly held. Loss of calf to back strip head and tail. Significant rubbing to boards and back strip, with calf detaching from rear board perimeters. Internally, firmly bound. Inscription to title page head. Pages generally bright and clean, but with pencil inscriptions and notations throughout. Fair. book.

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).

Hardcover. Condizione: 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.

[xvi], 435 [13] pp., 17 folding engraved plates; two small tears without loss in upper margin of M7, some minor damp staining to lower margins, lacks front blank. Contemporary calf, contrasting label, rubbed. First published in 1723, the first English translation in 1735. The author was a friend of Newton, and introduced Newtonian philosophy into Leyden. S'Gravesande (1688-1742) is credited with the invention of the first heliostat. 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. Babson 67. Gray 83. Wallis 83.81.