Phisica :; scripta sub admodum R. P. Cambos philosophiae professore doctore agregato in Collegio Squillano Tolosano anno Domini 1751; [manuscript] /; a Jacobo Josephoque Dartiguelongue Narbonensi convietore in eodem collegio.

Title:

Phisica : scripta sub admodum R. P. Cambos philosophiae professore doctore agregato in Collegio Squillano Tolosano anno Domini 1751 [manuscript] / a Jacobo Josephoque Dartiguelongue Narbonensi convietore in eodem collegio.

Abstract:

A work on natural philosophy, mixing contemporary science (Descartes, Gassendi) with traditional philosophy (Aristotle, Malebranche). The author, unlike Descartes, maintains the distinction between form and matter; he also follows scientific discoveries such as that objects of different masses fall at the same rate. Other topics include the infinite divisibility of matter and the possibility of a true vacuum. Manuscript appears to be part of a series, with alternate titles Pars secunda philosophiae seu phisica (f. 7r) and Prima pars phisicae generalis (f. 115r).

Format:

125 leaves : paper, ill., ports.; 166 x 113 (135 x 90) mm. bound to 171 x 121mm.

Identifier:

(OCoLC)ocn228833150; (OCoLC)228833150; (PU)4312491-penndb-Voyager

Language:

Latin with some notes in French.

Provenance:

"Paris, Blaisot & Cie. 1880" inscribed on f. 1r.; Collector's stamp in blue ink on several pages: "Société Franc̦aise de Physique, Bibliothèque."

Publisher:

Toulouse, 1751.

Subject:

Physics -- Early works to 1800.; Physical sciences -- Early works to 1800.; Geometry -- Early works to 1800.; Codices.; Treatises.; Engravings.; Manuscripts, Latin; 18th century.; Manuscripts, European.

Type:

Manuscript

Personal Name:

Aristotle; Descartes, René,; Gassendi, Pierre,; Malebranche, Nicolas,; Baour, Jean-Florent,; Desrochers, Etienne Jehandier,

Call Number:

Ms. Codex 1180

Collection:

Penn in Hand: Selected Manuscripts