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Paradoxa Hydrostatica by Robert Boyle 1670 First Latin Edition

Paradoxa Hydrostatica by Robert Boyle 1670 First Latin Edition

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Paradoxa Hydrostatica Novis Experimentis (Maximam Partem Physicis Facilibus) Evicta. Authore Nobilissimo Roberto Boyle, E Societate Regia. Nuper Ex Anglico Sermone In Latinum Versa. Roterdami, Ex Officina Arnoldi Leers, MDCLXX.

 

Hydrostatic Paradoxes Proven by New Experiments (Mostly Simple Physical Ones). By the Most Noble Robert Boyle, of the Royal Society. Recently Translated from English into Latin. Rotterdam, From the Press of Arnold Leers, 1670.

 

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This book is the first Latin edition, following the very rare English edition of 1666, and is a response to Pascal’s treatise On the Equilibrium of Liquids. The book contains eleven paradoxes (or laws) concerning the volume or pressure of fluids, forming one of the most important early texts concerning fluid dynamics. It is known that this 1670 edition of Paradoxa Hydrostatica was part of Spinoza's library.

"Hydrostatical Paradoxes is both a penetrating critique of Pascal's work on hydrostatics, full of acute observations upon Pascal's experimental method, and a presentation of a series of important and ingenious experiments upon fluid pressure" (DSB).

 

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Size: 81 x 135 mm (approx.)

 


Condition: 

[(1), t.p., 44pp., 240pp., 2pp., (1)].


Full brown calf with gilt title to a compartment to the spine between raised bands, other compartments with decorative gilt. Binding lightly rubbed and scuffed. Shelf and edge wear. Both boards securely attached with rubbing along joints and hinges starting. Red spotted page edges dulled. Front and rear blanks attached to the pastedowns with top corners lifting. Ink ownership inscription to the rear blank on the side which is stuck down, so illegible. Ink inscription to rear blank reading "a.16." Very small wormholing to the front pastedown and first few leaves, not affecting any text. Glue residue from a sticker/bookplate to the front blank/pastedown. Marks to the title page. Text block extremely clean with occasional foxing. Very small damp staining to the side edge of the first few leaves. Lacks the three foldout plates.

 


[OCLC 9184382].

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