The Laws of Gravitation. Memoirs by Newton, Bouguer and Cavendish; Together with Abstracts of Other Important Memoirs. Translated and Edited by A. Stanley Mackenzie.

MACKENZIE, A. Stanley (ed.):

Verlag: New York, etc.: American Book Company, [1900]., 1900

Beschreibung

vii, 160 pp. Original cloth. Top and bottom of spine rubbed. Half-inch spot worn on upper edge of front cover. Else Very Good. Contains "Extracts" from Newton's "Principia" and "System of the World" (pp. 9-19), Bouguer's "Figure of the Earth" (pp. 23-44; 1st ed., 1749), and Cavendish's "Experiments to determine the mean density of the Earth" (pp. 59-105; originally published in the Phil. Trans., 1798). Also contains "Historical account of the experiments made since the time of Cavendish" (pp. 111-142), biographical sketches of Newton, Bouguer and Cavendish, and other historical writings. Copy of Karl Taylor Compton, with his ink stamp on the flyleaf. Scarce. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 08011

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The Laws of Gravitation. Memoirs by Newton, ...

Verlag: New York, etc.: American Book Company, [1900].

Erscheinungsdatum: 1900

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Very Good