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.

Relation:

Cours de physique experimentale.; https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3s756m4x

Subject:

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

Type:

Manuscripts

Corporate Name:

Petit séminaire de Clermont-Ferrand (France)

Rights:

https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?

Call Number:

Ms. Codex 1717