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WALLIS, John (1616-1703). Mechanica: sive de motu, tractatus geometricus. London: William Godbid for Moses Pitt, 1670.
4o (199 x 154 mm). 3 parts in one, portrait frontispiece drawn and engraved by William Fairthorne (1616-1691), 17 folding plates (occasional spotting and browning throughout). Contemporary panelled calf, gilt-ruled spine (joints cracked and splitting). Provenance: Beilby Thompson of Escrick (bookplate).
FIRST EDITION, "a major advance in the mathematization of mechanics" (DSB). The first part deals with forms of motion in a geometrical (or Euclidean) manner, the second (and longest) part treats with the calculation of centers of gravity, and the third part is devoted toelementary machines and percussion. Wing W-593; Norman 2181.
4o (199 x 154 mm). 3 parts in one, portrait frontispiece drawn and engraved by William Fairthorne (1616-1691), 17 folding plates (occasional spotting and browning throughout). Contemporary panelled calf, gilt-ruled spine (joints cracked and splitting). Provenance: Beilby Thompson of Escrick (bookplate).
FIRST EDITION, "a major advance in the mathematization of mechanics" (DSB). The first part deals with forms of motion in a geometrical (or Euclidean) manner, the second (and longest) part treats with the calculation of centers of gravity, and the third part is devoted toelementary machines and percussion. Wing W-593; Norman 2181.