Mechanics Analytic (1 results)

[Spine title: Arts & Metiers :: Mecanique I]. Three books in one [possible 2nd volume not known, but implied by the spine title]. 4to. 208; 324; 542 pp. Numerous mathematical diagrams. Facsimile of original handwritten manuscript. Early quarter maroon calf backed red & black marbled boards; extremities rubbed. Occasional minor tears (some repaired), foxing. Ownership signature of Garde. Very good. THE ENTIRE TEXT IS PRINTED IN MANUSCRIPT FACSIMILE. No person or organization shows their name as being responsible for this deeply scholarly and detailed work on all facets of analytical mechanics. Some possible clues for its origin might possibly be a part of the history of the Ecole Nationale de Cluny, Descartes's system of mechanical force, or possibly the work of Alfred Flamant, engineer & professor at l'Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussees & l'Ecole Centrale, who wrote a treatise, Mecanique Generale, 1888. I could not find a match for the text to identify this item, but it is for someone else to discover. See (possibly): H. Carteron, "L'idee de la force mecanique dans le systeme de Descartes." Revue Philosophique de la France et de l'Etranger, T. 94 (JUILLET A DECEMBRE 1922), pp. 483-511.