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ALEMBERT, Jean le Rond d' (1717-1783). Essai d'une nouvelle theorie de la rsistance des fluides. Paris: David l'an, 1752.
4o (216 x 161 mm). 2 engraved folding plates. Contemporary French mottled calf, spine gilt (some surface wear on upper cover, some wear to extremities). Provenance: Charles Parea (contemporary signature on front flyleaf and his? notations on rear endpaper).
FIRST EDITION of the first expression of the differential hydrodynamic equations in terms of a field and of the hydrodynamic paradox. D'Alembert's essay was an important work in fluid mechanics, ranking him among Clairaut, Bernoulli, and Euler in the development of this field. Sotheran I, 68; Wellcome II, p. 28; Norman 35.
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FIRST EDITION of the first expression of the differential hydrodynamic equations in terms of a field and of the hydrodynamic paradox. D'Alembert's essay was an important work in fluid mechanics, ranking him among Clairaut, Bernoulli, and Euler in the development of this field. Sotheran I, 68; Wellcome II, p. 28; Norman 35.