Michell John 1724 1793 (4 results)
Traités sur les aimans artificiels : contenant une méthode courte & aisée pour les composer & leur donner une vertu supérieure a celle des aimans ordinaires; une maniere d'augmenter la force des aimans naturels & de changer leurs poles . . Traduits de deux ouvrages anglois de J. Michell & J. Canton, par le P. Rivoire de la C. de J. ; Avec une préface historique du traducteur, ou l'on expose les méthodes & les expériences de MM. Duhamel & Antheaume, de l'Académie Royale des Sciences.
Michell, John (1724?-1793). Canton, John (1718-1772). Rivoire, Antoine
Published by A Paris. : Chez Hippolyte-Louis Guérin l'aîné . M. DCC. LII, 1752
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Contact seller5-star sellerVery good copy in the original, full aniline calf. Raised bands with the spine compartments elaborately tolled in gilt. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat rubbed and toned as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Other title; Method of making artificial magn…ets without the use of natural ones. Treatise of artificial magnets. language; French. Physical description; vij, [1], cxx, 160 p., IV folded leaves of plates : ill. (engravings) ; 12mo. Subjects; Antheaulme M. - Mémoire sur les aimants artificiels. Duhamel du Monceau M. 1700-1782. Magnetism & Magnets - Mathematics - Early works to 1800. Permanent magnets. 3 Kg.
Traités sur les aimans artificiels : contenant une méthode courte & aisée pour les composer & leur donner une vertu supérieure a celle des aimans ordinaires; une maniere d'augmenter la force des aimans naturels & de changer leurs poles . . Traduits de deux ouvrages anglois de J. Michell & J. Canton, par le P. Rivoire de la C. de J. ; Avec une préface historique du traducteur, ou l'on expose les méthodes & les expériences de MM. Duhamel & Antheaume, de l'Académie Royale des Sciences.
Michell, John (1724?-1793). Canton, John (1718-1772). Rivoire, Antoine
Published by A Paris. : Chez Hippolyte-Louis Guérin l'aîné . M. DCC. LII, 1752
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Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, IrelandMW Books Ltd.
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Very good copy in the original, full aniline calf. Raised bands with the spine compartments elaborately tolled in gilt. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat rubbed and toned as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Other title; Method of making artificial magn…ets without the use of natural ones. Treatise of artificial magnets. language; French. Physical description; vij, [1], cxx, 160 p., IV folded leaves of plates : ill. (engravings) ; 12mo. Subjects; Antheaulme M. - Mémoire sur les aimants artificiels. Duhamel du Monceau M. 1700-1782. Magnetism & Magnets - Mathematics - Early works to 1800. Permanent magnets. 1 Kg.
Published by Phil. Trans., 1766-7]. [with] LIMBOURG, Joannes Philippus de. Observationes de Ascaridibus & Cucurbitinis, & potissimum de Taeni, [London:, 1766
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[London:: Phil. Trans., 1766-7]. [with] LIMBOURG, Joannes Philippus de. Observationes de Ascaridibus & Cucurbitinis, & potissimum de Taenia, tam humana quam leporina. Series: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, Vol. 56, for 1766, 1767., 1766. 4to. pp. 119-132. One folding plate. Disbound. Fine. FIRST EDITION. John M…ichell was an English natural philosopher and geologist, whose work spanned a wide range of subjects, from astronomy to geology, optics, and gravitation. "Michell earned a permanent place in the history of stellar astronomy for two signal accomplishments: he was the first to make a realistic estimate of the distance to the stars, and he discovered the existence of physical double stars. . . Michell's published scientific work, which earned him election to the Royal Society in 1760, covered many subjects, including the cause of earthquakes (1760), observations of the comet of January 1760, a method for measuring degrees of longitude 'upon parallels of the Equator' (1766), and an independent discovery with Coulomb of the torsion balance (1784)."[DSB]. The American Physical Society (APS) described Michell as being "so far ahead of his scientific contemporaries that his ideas languished in obscurity, until they were re-invented more than a century later". The Society stated that while "he was one of the most brilliant and original scientists of his time, Michell remains virtually unknown today, in part because he did little to develop and promote his own path-breaking ideas". ["This Month in Physics History: November 27, 1783: John Michell anticipates black holes". APS Physics.]. BM Readex Vol. 17, p. 464; DNB Vol. XIII, pp. 333-4; DSB Vol. IX, pp. 370-1.
Published by Phil. Trans., 1766-7., London, 1766
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[with] LIMBOURG, Joannes Philippus de. Observationes de Ascaridibus & Cucurbitinis, & potissimum de Taenia, tam humana quam leporina. Series: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, Vol. 56, for 1766, 1767. 4to. pp. 119-132. One folding plate. Disbound. Fine. FIRST EDITION. John Michell was an English natural philosophe…r and geologist, whose work spanned a wide range of subjects, from astronomy to geology, optics, and gravitation. "Michell earned a permanent place in the history of stellar astronomy for two signal accomplishments: he was the first to make a realistic estimate of the distance to the stars, and he discovered the existence of physical double stars. . . Michell's published scientific work, which earned him election to the Royal Society in 1760, covered many subjects, including the cause of earthquakes (1760), observations of the comet of January 1760, a method for measuring degrees of longitude 'upon parallels of the Equator' (1766), and an independent discovery with Coulomb of the torsion balance (1784)." [DSB]. BM Readex Vol. 17, p. 464; DNB Vol. XIII, pp. 333-4; DSB Vol. IX, pp. 370-1.
