Physices Elementa Mathematica Experimentis Confirmata Sive Introductio Ad Philosophiam Newtonianam, Used (12 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Paperback. Pages are clean and unmarked. Covers show very minor shelving wear. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!

Two volumes. 4to. (250 x 192 mm) [4], LXXXVI, [2], 572; [2], (573)-1073, [43] pp. Title-pages in red and black, 126 (of 127) folding engraved plates; marginal water-stain in both volumes, plate XXI torn with loss, plate LIII missing, margins of a few plates reinforced. Contemporary full calf, raised bands, gilt-ruled spines, gilt-stamped red leather spine labels; neatly rebacked, kozo applied to outer joints. Bookplates of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, gift to the California Academy of Sciences, "After the Earthquake and Fire of April, 1906", ink signatures of Isaac Hays, MD on title-pages. Very good (note: lacking pl. LIII). PHILADELPHIA OPHTHALMOLOGIST, ISAAC HAYS' COPY. Third edition, much expanded, of 'sGravedande's extensive experimentation and instruction in Newtonian physics. The experiments range from basics physics, to hydraulics, optics, electricity and astronomy. The entire work is profusely illustrated with folding engraved plates of the apparatus he used, including a steam-powered Hero's Engine (plate 78), generating static electricity (plate 79), the first magic lantern slide projector (plate 109), the prismatic effect of a rainbow (plate 120) and the known solar system (plate 122). 'sGravesande ". . . is the author of Elemens de physique demontrez mathematiquement . . . ou introduction a la philosophie Newtonienne which was translated from the Latin and published at Leyden in 1746. In the second volume, he gives a description of an electrical machine constructed on the plan of that of Hauksbee. It consisted merely of a crystal globe, which was mounted upon a copper stand, and against which was pressed the hand of the operator while it was made to revolve rapidly by means of a large wheel." [Mottelay]. Willem Jacob 'sGravesande was a Dutch philosopher and mathematician. Born in 's-Hertogenbosch, he studied law in Leiden, and wrote a thesis on suicide. In 1715 he visited London and King George I. He became a member of the Royal Society. In 1717 he became professor in physics and astronomy in Leiden, and introduced the works of his friend Newton in the Netherlands. He was opposed against fatalists like Hobbes and Spinoza. In 1724 Peter the Great offered him a job in Saint Petersburg, but Willem Jacob did not accept. His main work is Physices elementa mathematica, experimentis confirmata, sive introductio ad philosophiam Newtonianam or Mathematical Elements of Natural Philosophy, Confirm'd by Experiments (Leiden 1720), in which he laid the foundations for teaching physics. Voltaire and Albrecht von Haller were in his audience, Frederic the Great invited him in 1737 to come to Berlin. His chief contribution to physics involved an experiment in which brass balls were dropped with varying velocity onto a soft clay surface. His results were that a ball with twice the velocity of another would leave an indentation four times as deep, that three times the velocity yielded nine times the depth, and so on. He shared these results with Emilie du Chatelet, who subsequently corrected Newton's formula E = mv to E = mv2. The oldest magic lantern, as far as we know, is located in Leiden, the Netherlands, in the Museum Boerhaave. The projector was made about 1720 by the Dutch instrument maker Jan van Musschenbroek and was once the property of Willem Jacob 'sGravesande, professor of physics at the University of Leiden. After his death in 1742 the university bought with foresight his whole collection. The purchase price of the projection lantern was one hundred guilders. By this purchase the Leids Fysisch Kabinet (Physical Cabinet, Leiden) got the best and most complete collection of scientific instruments in the world. About 250 objects from this Cabinet, among them the magic lantern, have been preserved. Together they form one of the most important collections of the Museum Boerhaave. [See: de Luikerwaal de nederlandse taverlaantarn]. PROVENANCE: Isaac Hays, MD (1796-1879), a prominent American ophthalmologist, na.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 4to (26 cm), contemporary Dutch blindstamped vellum on boards, spine with raised bands and manuscript title (hinges carefully restored); some marginal waterstaining at beginning of vol. I, a brown spot at inner margin of last 4 leaves in vol. II, but otherwise a good clean copy with a distinguished provenance: a manuscript inscription on the flyleaf of the famous swiss botanist Johannes Scheuchzer (1684-1738 see Poggendorff II, 794) dated april 1735, recording the purchase of the present volume, with his red wax seal. As well on titlepage of vol. I the mss. entry of the Swiss Mathematician Edmund Klinkhardt (d. 1848; see. Poggendorff I, 1274). Titles printed in red and black with engraved vignettes, pp. (26), 345, (5); pp.(8), 199, (13) with 72 folding engraved plates and 1 folding printed table. Second edition of Gravesande's main work (vol I in the 2nd issue). He was the earliest influential exponent of Newtonian philosophy in continental Europe, and the present work represents the largest, best argued and most philosophical summary of Newtonian science and experimental method, widely read not only in Europe but in England as well. Poggendorff I, 943; Roller-G. I, 478; Wallis 82.1. "The scientific reputation of G. is enshrined in this book, which he constantly corrected and amplified" (DSB V, 510).

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Quarto. Two volumes. I: [iv], LXXXII, [ii], 572pp.; II: [ii}, 573-1073, [xliii]pp. I: *4-***********4, A4-Z4, Aa4-Zz4, Aaa4-Zzz4, Aaaa4-Bbbb4, Cccc2; II: []1, Dddd2, Eeee4-Zzzz4, Aaaaa4-Zzzzz4, Aaaaaa4-Zzzzzz4, Aaaaaaa4-Ccccccc4, Ddddddd2. Title-pages in red-and-black. Contemporary Spanish mottled calf, repaired. With 127 plates. A very good copy.

Full-Leather. Condition: Near Fine. 1725 [second vol. dated 1721]. 2 volumes bound in one; contemporary calf, spine with 5 raised bands and red morocco letter-piece with gilt title, titles printed in red and black, engraved illustration on title, 47 & 25 folding engraved plates, head- and tail pieces, folding letterpress table, (26), 346, (3), & (6), 200, (12) pp., 24,7 x 19 cm Provenance: Robert Montgomery (armorial bookplate on verso front board, old signature on titles); Richard Frankland, 1726 (signature on titles); some pencil highlighting and annotations at margins.(some plates shortly trimmed at fore-margins but without loss of picture, some light spotting, staining and browning, a few darker spots, some scuffing to covers, lightly rubbed, some expertly repair to foot of spine).

Paperback. Condition: Like New. Like New. book.

Two volumes bound in one. Quarto (26 x 21cm). The second edition,revised, the second volume dated 1721, as noted by Wallis. 'The first continental text book of physics on Newtonian principles. Independently of its Newtonian interest, the work is of importance for illustrating a number of physical apparatus then in use'- Bibliotheca Chemico-Mathematica. Vol. I, pp. [26],345,[5]; Vol. II, pp. [8],199,[13]. With 72 folding engraved copper plates & a folding letterpress table. Some occasional toning to a few text leaves, including the titles, a handful of plates close cropped to the engraved margin. An excellent copy bound in contemporary Dutch calf, the spine in six panels, gilt, with label. Very lightly rubbed. Contemporary ownership inscription to title & engraved continental bookplate of Nordkirchen. VG. [Wallis 82.1; Gray 82; Poggendorff I, 944; Graesse III, 140; Bibliotheca Chemico-Mathematica Supp. II, Pt. 1, 5024 & Supp. III, 1472; Roller & Goodman I, 478; Bierens De Haan 1807; DSB V, 510].

Leiden, J.A. Langerak [and] J. and H. Verbeek, 1742 . 2 volumes, in 4°: [4]-lxxxvi-[2]-572, [2]-573/1073-[43] pp.; 127 folding plates (sl. foxing, some soiling on last leaves). Bound in 19th-c. marbled brown calf, gilt and blind-st. frames on boards, gilt-tooled spines on raised bands, red and green title-labels, red edges (joints sl. cracked, spines sl. faded). Third edition (1st ed., 1720-1721) of this important summary of Newtonian physics, one of the masterpieces of the Dutch scholar 's Gravesande (1688-1742), professor of philosophy at the University of Leiden. Complete with 127 beautiful engraved plates showing various instruments and experiments. Ref. Bierens de Haan 112. - Honeyman coll. Sotheby's London, 1979, 1541. - Macclesfield's library, Sotheby's London, 2004, 926. Provenance De Valenzi, Ghent (armorial bookplate). 2 volumes volumes.

Leiden, Langerak & Verbeek, 1742. 4to. 3 Bl., 86 S., 1 Bl., 572 S. Mit gestochener Titelvignette u. 62 gefalteten Kupfertafeln. Moderner Halbleder mit Rückenschild. Although 's Gravesande was by no means the first semipupular exponent of Newtonian science and the experimental method, his 'Mathematical Elements of Physics' was easily the most influential book of its kind, at least before 1750 . The strength of his exposition was in his perfection of the method of justifying scientific truths either by self-evidence or by appeal to experimental verification, perfected by him through the design of many new instruments (DSB V, 510). - Bierens de Haan 1806; Sotheran 1627: "Last and best edition". - Unbeschnitten. Durchgehend etwas gebräunt u. stockfleckig, Titel mit 2 alten Stempeln. Die Tafeln komplett am Schluß u. nicht bei den zugehörigen Seiten eingebunden. Ohne Band 2.

4°. M. gest. Tit.-Vign. u. u. 62 Kpfr.-Taf. 2 Bl., LXXXVI S., 1 Bl., 572 S. Ldrbd. d. Zt. a. 5 Bünden. Einbd. stärker beschabt (Rücken porös) u. bestoßen. Ecken m. Fehlst. im Lederbezug. Gelenke gelockert. Gebräunt, teils etwas braunfl. Name a. Tit. Vord. Vorsatz fehlt. Titel in Rot u. Schwarz. "Although 'sGravesande was by no means the first semipupular exponent of Newtonian science and the experimental method, his 'Mathematical Elements of Physics' was easily the most influential book of its kind, at least before 1750 . The strength of his exposition was in his perfection of the method of justifying scientific truths either by self-evidence or by appeal to experimental verification, perfected by him through the design of many new instruments" (DSB V, 510).- Bierens de Haan 1806; Sotheran 1627: "Last and best edition". Sprache: Deutsch.

Couverture rigide. Condition: Bon. 2 vol. in-4 en numérotation Leyde, J.A. Langerak, J. & H. Verbeek, 1748, , 2 vol. in-4 en numérotation continue, soit ; [4]-LXXXII-[2]-572 pages et 62 planches + [1] f. de titre et pages 573 à 1073-[43], pl. n° 63 à 127, veau marbré, dos à nerfs orné, tranches rouges, 127 planches gravées sur cuivre représentant le matériel et les expériences réalisées par le physicien de Leyde qui introduisit la physique expérimentale dans son université. Quatrième édition de cet ouvrage publié pour la première fois en 1719-20. Gravesande (1688-1742) imagina un anneau métallique, qui depuis porte son nom, et qui montrait la dilatation volumétrique des solides. L'expérience consistait à prendre une boule passant au travers d'un anneau, puis à la chauffer pour constater qu'alors elle ne pouvait plus le traverser (p. 660). L'auteur a aussi perfectionné les machines pneumatiques. Dos refaits, coins restaurés, petites mouillures.

Lugduni Batav., Petrus et Janssonios Vander Aa, 1721, in 4; solida leg. piena pelle orig. (dorso in parte asportato; lievi spellature ai piatti); 4 cc.n.n. + pp. 199 + 8 cc.n.n. 25 tavv. f.t. in rame, ripieg. ESEMPL. BRUNITO per la qualità della carta, MA OTTIMO INTERNAM. SOLO VOL. SECONDO dell'opera più importante dell'A. che diede un significativo contributo alla divulgazione della "Filosofia Naturale" di Newton. (CONTIENE: De igne; De inflectione, Refractione & Reflectione luminis; De opaco et coloribus; De Mundi Systemate; Motuum coelestium causae physicae.) Ediz. orig. rara. MANCA IL PRIMO VOL. Libro.