NORDMARK, Zachiarias.

Principes d'une Nouvelle Théorie de la Résistance des Fluides...Mémoire qui a remporté un Prix Du Departement Impérial de la Marine de Russie.

Eight folding engraved plates. 2 p.l., 154 pp. 4to, cont. marbled sheep (upper joint partly crackedbut strong), single gilt fillet round sides, flat spine gilt, green morocco lettering piece on spine. St. Petersburg: de l'Imprimerie de la Marine, 1808. First edition and very rare with no copy in OCLC. "Nordmark's prize-winning response to a problem posed by the Russian Imperial Department de la Marine in July 1804 concerning fluid resistance and its application to marine architecture. The intention of the academy was to elicit either a refinement of the theories of Juan y Santacilla and Romme, or to obtain a new theory, which would have practical application. Though his paper did not achieve the desired result, Nordmark was awarded the prize for having formulated a new theory, which, though without applications to marine architecture, was in some respects preferable to those of Romme and Juan."­Roberts & Trent, Bibliotheca Mechanica, p. 241. Nordmark (1751-1828), was professor of physics at Greifswald and later at Uppsala. Very good copy. Ex Bibliotheca Mechanica. Poggendorff, II, 299-300.

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