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EULER, Leonhard (1707-1783). Mechanica sive motus scientia analytice exposita. Saint Petersburg: ex Typographia Academiae Scientiarum, 1736.
2 volumes, 4o (250 x 192 mm). 32 engraved folding plates. (Some occasional dampstaining, small hole at Bb3 slightly affecting headline.) 19th-century half morocco, marbled edges (some dampstaining, corners of vol. I worn, some wear at edges). Provenance: Librairie Centrale des Sciences (bookplate in vol. I).
FIRST EDITION. "In an introduction of the Mechanica Euler outlined a large program of studies embracing every branch of the science. The distinguishing feature of Euler's investigations in mechanics as compared to those of his predecessors is the systematic and successful application of analysis. Previously the methods of mechanics had been most synthetic and geometrical; they demanded too individual an approach to separate problems. Euler was the first to appreciate the importance of introducing uniform analytic methods into mechanics, thus enabling its problems to be solved in a clear and direct way" (DSB). (2)
2 volumes, 4
FIRST EDITION. "In an introduction of the Mechanica Euler outlined a large program of studies embracing every branch of the science. The distinguishing feature of Euler's investigations in mechanics as compared to those of his predecessors is the systematic and successful application of analysis. Previously the methods of mechanics had been most synthetic and geometrical; they demanded too individual an approach to separate problems. Euler was the first to appreciate the importance of introducing uniform analytic methods into mechanics, thus enabling its problems to be solved in a clear and direct way" (DSB). (2)