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[MANUSCRIPT – PHYSICS]. “Geostatica.” France, 17th/18th century?
Illustrated manuscript describing solid and fluid mechanics and practical, presented in propositions, questions, and supporting illustrations.
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[MANUSCRIPT – PHYSICS]. “Geostatica.” France, 17th/18th century?
110 leaves, 8vo (176 x 145 mm). In Latin. Written in neat cursive in brown ink. With 27 in-text drawings in ink and chalk. Bound in contemporary mottled sheep, edges stained red (rebacked, preserving original spine).
Illustrated manuscript describing solid and fluid mechanics and practical, presented in propositions, questions, and supporting illustrations. The illustrations explain experiments with pulleys, fulcrums, screws, gears, and liquids.
Selections from Antiquariat Botanicum, Dr. Eugene Vigil