1790 Handwritten PHYSICS Manuscript Science Experiment Physique Astronomy Newton

1790 Handwritten PHYSICS Manuscript Science Experiment Physique Astronomy Newton

A rare 18^th-century French handwritten book on physics, taken at least in part from a series of lectures given at the college in Tours in 1790. This book contains descriptions of experiments, the causes and effects, and the discoveries. Topics include:

• Properties of motion, gravity, and inertia
• Hydrostatic equilibrium
• Astronomy
  • Comets and the presence of water on meteors
  • The moon and eclipses
  • Plurality of worlds
  • Observations of Tycho Brahe, Descartes, and Newton
• Properties of fire, air, and water
  • Combustion
  • Flammable gasses
  • Properties of wind, fog, dew, and rain
  • Observations of Toricelli, Nollet, and Pascal
• Properties of minerals and metals
• Electricity and magnetism
  • Fluid theory of electricity

Item number: #23896

Price: $750

Handwritten manuscript

De la physique

[1790 in Tours]

Details:

• Collation:
  • [6], 584
  • not all pages numbered
• Language: French
• Binding: Vellum; tight and secure
• Size: ~7in X 4.5in (18cm x 11.5cm)
• Unstudied and would make an amazing project for the scholar to undertake!

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