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A Compendious System Of Natural Philosophy With Notes Containing the Mathematical Demonstrations, And some Occasional Remarks
by Rowning, John
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- Condition
- Contemporary full brown calf. Very good. 2 vols
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ardsley, New York, United States
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About This Item
London: Samuel Harding, 1744. Mixed edition. leather_bound. Contemporary full brown calf. Very good. 2 vols. 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.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 18196
- Title
- A Compendious System Of Natural Philosophy With Notes Containing the Mathematical Demonstrations, And some Occasional Remarks
- Author
- Rowning, John
- Format/Binding
- Leather_bound
- Book Condition
- Used - Contemporary full brown calf. Very good. 2 vols
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Mixed edition
- Publisher
- Samuel Harding
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1744
- Keywords
- Natural Philosophy
- Bookseller catalogs
- New Arrivals; History of Science; Natural Philosophy; Mathematics;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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- Calf
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- Errata
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- Cracked
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- Gilt
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