Preface discusses la physique experimentales and la physique raisonée. Chapters arranged with "Experience" followed by "Explication."
Language:
French
Provenance:
Former owners include: Guill. Nic. Davolle (bookplate, inside upper cover); Ad. F. Bandelier (stamp, front flyleaf i verso; Charles Albert Browne (bookplate, front flyleaf i recto).; Gift of Dr. Charles Albert Browne.; Bandelier, Adolph Francis Alphonse, 1840-1914, former owner.; Browne, Charles Albert, 1870-1947, former owner.; Davolle, G. N., former owner.
manuscripts (documents); codices (bound manuscripts); Manuscripts, French; Manuscripts, European
Physical Description:
234 leaves : paper; 169 x 110 (121 x 79) mm bound to 173 x 112 mm
Rights:
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Notes:
Ms. codex.; Table of contents: Partie Ie. -- Sur le mouvement. -- Sur l'equilibre des liqueurs et sur les efforts des fluides et des solides. -- Sur le ressort de l'air. -- Sur la machine du vuide. -- Sur le son. -- Sur les fermentations. -- Sur la dissolution des métaux. -- Sur la formation de quelque corps. -- Sur les odeurs. Partie 2e. -- Sur la lumiere. -- De catoptrique. -- Sur les phosphores. -- Sur les couleurs. -- Sur l'ayman. -- Sur l'attraction. -- Sur la communication. -- Sur l'electricité. -- Sur l'electricité nouvelle. Table of contents on ff. 233v-234r.; Title from title page (p. 1).; Foliation: Paper, iii (contemporary paper) + 234 + ii (contemporary paper); 1-308, [x], 1-152, [iv]; contemporary pagination in ink, upper center.; Script: Written in a cursive script by what appears to be a single hand.; Binding: Contemporary calf, cracked along upper cover.; Origin: Written in Paris, 1746 (p. 1).; French.
Physical Location:
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 509
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