ATWOOD, George (1746-1807). A Treatise on the Rectilinear Motion and Rotation of Bodies, Cambridge: J. & J. Merril, J. Deighton & T. Cadell, 1784, 8° (230 x 138mm.), FIRST EDITION, 8 folding engraved plates (one plate soiled, marginal dampstaining to a few leaves, occasional slight spotting), recent calf-backed marbled boards. [Sotheran I, 180].

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ATWOOD, George (1746-1807). A Treatise on the Rectilinear Motion and Rotation of Bodies, Cambridge: J. & J. Merril, J. Deighton & T. Cadell, 1784, 8° (230 x 138mm.), FIRST EDITION, 8 folding engraved plates (one plate soiled, marginal dampstaining to a few leaves, occasional slight spotting), recent calf-backed marbled boards. [Sotheran I, 180].

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DSB: "In this work occurs (p. 208) the first description of the ingenious apparatus since so well known as 'Atwood's Machine' for exhibiting and verifying the accelerative action of gravity."

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