1674 SCIENCE 1ed Matthew Hale Torricelli Experiment Barometer Difficiles Nugae

1674 SCIENCE 1^ed Matthew Hale Torricelli Experiment Barometer Difficiles Nugae

 

Matthew Hale was a 17^th-century English judge who was an influential figure in the legal proceedings against offenses to the royal crown in England. Interestingly, Hale published an anonymous treatise that was focused not on politics or the English crown, but rather on scientific doctrines.

 

In 1674, Hale published his “Difficiles Nugae,” a commentary on the famed Torricelli’s experiment which sought to prove the relationship between vacuums, the weight of air, and atmospheric pressure. Evangelista Torricelli, the inventor of the barometer, and Robert Boyle were well-known names in the scientific study of gas law, but Hale wrote this work to attack the doctrines established by Boyle, Torricelli, and even Rene Descartes.

 

This rare first edition is a very valuable and desirable work.

 

Item number: #25628

Price: $1950

 

HALE, Matthew

 

Difficiles nvgae, or, Observations touching the Torricellian experiment, and the various solutions of the same

 

London: Printed by W. Godbid, for William Shrowsbury, 1674. First edition.

 

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages
  • [6], 304, [8]
  • 2 folding plates
• References: Wing H 238
• Provenance: Armorial Bookplate – The Right Honble. Algernon Capell, Earl of Essex, Viscount Maldon, and Baron Capell of Hadham. 1701
  • Algernon Capell, 2nd Earl of Essex, PC (1670–1710) was an English peer, military officer and courtier. Between the years of 1691-1710, he held various distinguished positions within the British government and military including: Gentleman of the Bedchamber to King William III; Lord Lieutenant of Hertfordshire and Colonel of the Hertfordshire Militia; Colonel of the 4th Dragoons; and Privy Counsellor to Queen Anne. Motto: FIDE ET FORTITUDINE
• Language: English
• Binding: Leather; tight and secure
• Size: ~7in X 4.5in (17.5cm x 11.5cm)
• Very rare and desirable

 

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