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VOSSIUS, Isaac (1618–1689). De motu marium et ventorum liber. The Hague: Adrian Vlacq, 1663.
4º (197 x 150mm). Title device, woodcut diagrams. (Creasing to quires A-B, some marginal browning and spotting.) Contemporary calf, red speckled edges (spine worn, corners rubbed). Provenance: presentation copy, title inscribed ‘Ex dono Authoris 1664’ – Navigations-Schule Hamburg (stamp on title).
FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY. ‘With the growing importance of maritime trade and exploration there was considerable speculation about the cause of tides. Vossius rejected the influence of moon, stars, or occult forces, arguing that the sun's heat was the single cause of tides, winds, and ocean currents. He explained that between the tropics the tides followed the sun, and winds blew in the same direction. But the continents formed a barrier to this movement and so the water was deflected north and south, which accounted for the ocean currents’ (ODNB). His work was published in English in 1677.
4º (197 x 150mm). Title device, woodcut diagrams. (Creasing to quires A-B, some marginal browning and spotting.) Contemporary calf, red speckled edges (spine worn, corners rubbed). Provenance: presentation copy, title inscribed ‘Ex dono Authoris 1664’ – Navigations-Schule Hamburg (stamp on title).
FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY. ‘With the growing importance of maritime trade and exploration there was considerable speculation about the cause of tides. Vossius rejected the influence of moon, stars, or occult forces, arguing that the sun's heat was the single cause of tides, winds, and ocean currents. He explained that between the tropics the tides followed the sun, and winds blew in the same direction. But the continents formed a barrier to this movement and so the water was deflected north and south, which accounted for the ocean currents’ (ODNB). His work was published in English in 1677.
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