MUSSCHENBROEK, Petrus van.

Physicae Experimentales, et Geometricae, de Magnete, Tuborum Capillarium Vitreorumque Speculorum Attractione, Magnitudine Terrae, Cohaerentia Corporum Firmorum Dissertationes: ut et Ephemerides Meteorologicae ultrajectinae.

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28 folding engraved plates, one large folding engraved chart, & a folding printed table. Tables inthe text. Title printed in red & black. 5 p.l., 685 pp. Large 4to, cont. half-vellum & paste-paper boards (covers rather rubbed, spine a little wormed), spine lettered in gilt. Leyden: S. Luchtmans, 1729. First edition and a surprisingly scarce book on the market. “Numerical data on the laws and phenomena of magnetism. Law of distance, p. 20; action of flames, p. 70; whirling magnet, p. 116; consequent poles, p. 243; declination at Paris and London, p. 150; dip, p. 206. Contains Halley’s chart of magnetic lines.”–Wheeler Gift Cat. 268–(illustrated). This work is also notable for containing Musschenbroek’s experiments on the strength of materials, capillarity, and cohesion. “Of particular relevance to this collection is ‘Introduction ad Cohaerentiam Corporum Firmorum,’ accompanied by a number of plates illustrating fractured test specimens and testing apparatus. Also of relevance is the chapter ‘Tentamen de corporum Duritiâ,’ which concerns the hardness of materials.”–Roberts & Trent, Bibliotheca Mechanica, p. 232. Musschenbroek (1692-1761), professor of natural philosophy and mathematics at Utrecht and, later, professor of experimental physics at Leyden, was one of the most celebrated physicists and most important investigators of his time. The experiments described in his books have become classics in elementary instruction. “Underlying Musschenbroek’s lectures demonstrated with experiments was the experimental philosophy...the principal source of inspiration was Newton, but Galileo, Torricelli, Huygens, Réaumur, and others were important to this school.”–D.S.B., IX, p. 596. Very good copy, preserved in a box. Ex Bibliotheca Mechanica.

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