Tracts: Containing I, Mechanics, or the Doctrine of Motion. II. The Projection of the Sphere. III. The Laws of Centripetal and Centrifugal Force. A new edition.

Published by Printed for F. Wingrave, 1793., London:, 1793

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8vo. [2], xxii, [3]-302, [2] pp. 9 + 12 + 6 folding plates, figs.; some waterstains. Modern half brown cloth, marbled boards, gilt-stamped spine label. Ownership inscription of Geo. Couper, 1815. Very good+. Three parts in one volume. Emerson was an eccentric English mathematician best known for his textbooks. / The three parts: I: Mechanics; or, the doctrine of motion. . . II: The Projection of the Sphere, orthographic, stereographic, and gnomonical. III: The Laws of Centripetal and Centrifugal Force. . . The text contains a wide range of practical applications to mechanics: the pendulum, planes, curved surfaces, beams of timber, strength of materials, stress, power of engines, hydrostatics, pneumatics, gravity, friction, wheel carriages, hand mill, watches, etc. Emerson was a mathematician and taught the subject. He was a prolific author, with his Principles of Mechanics, being first issued in 1754 and re-issued in subsequent editions. PROVENANCE: George Couper (1788-1861), Heugh Street, South Shields [county of Durham, U.K.], June 10th 1815, was a colonel in the British army, and made a baronet in 1841.…

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Title
Tracts: Containing I, Mechanics, or the Doctrine of Motion. II. The Projection of the Sphere. III. The Laws of Centripetal and Centrifugal Force. A new edition.
Author
EMERSON, William (1701-1782).
Publisher
Printed for F. Wingrave, 1793., London:
Publication year
1793
Binding
Hardcover

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Jeff Weber Rare Books, established in 1986, relocated from California to Montreux, Switzerland in 2020. I specialize in the history of science, history of medicine, early printed books, fine printing, bibliography, Persia, fore-edge painting, scholarly books. I buy collections and do regular appraisal work.

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