Le Operazioni del Compasso Geometrico et Militare (Operations of the Geometric and Military Compass; facsimile of 1606 edition on CD-ROM)

Galilei, Galileo (English translation by Stillman Drake; introduction by Filippo Camerota)

ISBN 10: 1891788973 / ISBN 13: 9781891788970

Verlag: Padua (Oakland: Octavo) 1606; 2004, 1606

Beschreibung

VG (as new, except for abrasion to back cover label). Digital facsimile (in electronic PDF format on CD-ROM disc; this is not a printed book) of the first edition of this exceptionally rare (fewer than 10 copies known) early work by Galileo Galilei, from a copy in the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection at the Library of Congress. Galileo's "geometrical and military compass" (or sector) was a mathematical device -- a sort of calculating ruler based on the principle of proportional magnitudes -- that brought speed and accuracy to computations about armaments and their trajectories. Its employment, however, extended well beyond the battlefield. It was widely used for rapid and complex calculations of proportion, volume, and square or cube roots, well before the advent of logarithmic tables -- and eventually the slide-rule and computer. Galileo's little book, privately printed in an edition of a mere sixty copies, is now extremely rare. This Octavo Edition contains detailed digital images (may be magnified at up to 800% of original size) of every page of the original edition (photographed as if the actual book were open before the viewer) as well as Stillman Drake's authoritative English translation (fully searchable) and a new introduction by science historian Filippo Camerota. This Octavo Edition is in Adobe PDF format on CD-ROM and is compatible with Windows and Macintosh systems. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 8VGACG03

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Le Operazioni del Compasso Geometrico et ...

Verlag: Padua (Oakland: Octavo) 1606; 2004

Erscheinungsdatum: 1606

Einband: No Binding

Zustand: Very Good

Auflage: 1st Edition