BARNARD, John Gross.

Problems of Rotary Motion presented by the Gyroscope, the Precession of the Equinoxes, and the Pendulum.

Illus. in the text. 2 p.l., 48 pp. Folio, orig. printed wrappers (strengthened on verso with japan paper but still with some small losses at corners). Washington: Smithsonian, 1871. First edition, Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge, No. 240. Barnard (1815-82), a graduate of West Point, served on the corp of engineers and worked on many projects during a long and successful career. “Contains the author’s ‘The Precession of the Equinoxes and Nutation and Resulting from the Theory of the Gyroscope,’ ‘On the Motions of Freely Suspended and Gyroscopic Pendulums, and on the Pendulum and Gyroscope as exhibiting the Rotation of the Earth,’ and ‘Internal Structure of the Earth considered as affecting the Phenomena of Precession and Nutation’.”–Roberts & Trent, Bibliotheca Mechanica, p. 25. Very good copy preserved in a green morocco-backed cloth box. Ex Bibliotheca Mechanica.

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