Cours des experiences; [manuscript].

Title:

Cours des experiences [manuscript].

Abstract:

A text from a physics course taught by a professor of philosophy named as Monsieur Quentin, divided into sections on topics such as porosity, hydrostatics, gravity, pneumatics, meteorology, electricity, light, colors, cold, sound, odors, and magnets, with numbered experiments following each topic. A table of contents is at the end of the volume.

Format:

138 leaves : paper; 170 x 115 (130 x 80) mm. bound to 175 x 125 mm.

Identifier:

(OCoLC)ocn918990933; (OCoLC)918990933; (PU)6139728-penndb-Voyager

Language:

French, with two classical quotations in Latin (p. 1, 7).

Provenance:

Sold by Roger Gaskell Rare Books (Cambridge, England), 2014.

Publisher:

Clermont-Ferrand, 1768.

Subject:

Education -- France -- History -- 18th century -- Sources.; Physics -- Experiments -- Early works to 1800.; Codices.; Lecture notes.; Manuscripts, French; 18th century.; Manuscripts, European.

Type:

Manuscript

Corporate Name:

Petit séminaire de Clermont-Ferrand (France)

Call Number:

Ms. Codex 1717

Collection:

Penn in Hand: Selected Manuscripts