Cylindricorum et annularium libri IV: item De circulorum volutione per planum, dissertatio physiomath[i]ca.
Antwerp: Jacob van Meurs, 1651. First edition, very rare, and a fine copy. “Tacquet’s most important mathematical work, Cylindricorum et annularium, contained a number of original theorems on cylinders and rings. Its main importance, however, lay in its concern with questions of method. Tacquet rejected all notions [originating with Cavalieri]..... More
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