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GRAVESANDE, Willem Jakob Sturm van 's (1688-1742). Mathematical Elements of Natural Philosophy, confirm'd by experiments: or, an introduction to Sir Isaac Newton's Philosophy [translated from Latin by J. T. Desaguliers], London, for J. Senex [and others], 1737, 2 vols., 8°, fifth edition of this translation, titles in red and black, 58 folding engraved plates (a few slightly shaved), contemporary sprinkled calf (hinges weak, spines rubbed with loss of labels) [Wallis Newtonia 83.4] ; and another copy of the same work (fourth edition, 1731). (4)
Provenance: Sir William Lee (1726-99) of Hartwell (bookplate). "This gentleman devoted himself to the improvement of his seat at Hartwell [and] was distinguished by his benevolent attention to the poor, and having studied the science of medicine, was their gratuitous physician" [Burke: Landed Gentry, 1849]
Gravesande was appointed Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy at Leyden in 1715, and enjoyed the fame of first teaching the Newtonian philosophy, then in its infancy. He was promoted to the chair of Philosophy in 1734.
Provenance: Sir William Lee (1726-99) of Hartwell (bookplate). "This gentleman devoted himself to the improvement of his seat at Hartwell [and] was distinguished by his benevolent attention to the poor, and having studied the science of medicine, was their gratuitous physician" [Burke: Landed Gentry, 1849]
Gravesande was appointed Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy at Leyden in 1715, and enjoyed the fame of first teaching the Newtonian philosophy, then in its infancy. He was promoted to the chair of Philosophy in 1734.