Mechanica: sive de motu, tractatus geometricus. Pars prima. In qua, De motu generalia. De gravium descensu, & motuum declivitate. De libra (Pars secunda. In qua, De centro gravitates. Ejusque calculo; Pars tertia...
London: William Godbid for Moses Pitt, [1669-] 1671. First edition, very rare when complete with the portrait and all three parts, of this classic treatise on mechanics by Newton’s most important English precursor. It treats both statics (the balance, the lever, centres of gravity, elasticity, and hydrostatics) and dynamics (including..... More
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