PRONY, Gaspard Clair François Marie Riche

Mécanique philosophique, ou Analyse raisonnée des diverses Parties de la Science de l'Équilibre et du Mouvement.

1 p.l., vii, 477, [2] pp. Large 4to, cont. sheep-backed paste-paper boards (upper joint with a short crack, a little worn), vellum corners, spine gilt, red morocco lettering piece on spine. Paris: de l'Imprimerie de la République, An VIII [1800]. First edition. In the present work, Prony "proposed to do for mechanics what Fourcroy had done for chemistry in Philosophie chimique (1792), namely to give a taxonomy of the theorems of mechanics."­D.S.B., XI, p. 164. Good copy. Stamp of "C.D." and a Jesuit library on title. Franklin Institute Library bookplate. Ex Bibliotheca Mechanica. Roberts & Trent, Bibliotheca Mechanica, p. 268­the book "is based largely on materials which Prony used for his courses at the École Polytechnique. The information is presented in the form of synoptic tables."

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