A Treatise on Mensuration, both in Theory and Practice by Hutton, Charles - 1770

Nürnberg: Jeremias Dümler, 1636. hardcover. Gut. 6 Blatt, 574 Seiten, 1 [weißes] Blatt. Einband aus einem mittelalterlichen Notenblatt auf Pergament. Oktav, 19,5 x 16 cm (Vorderdeckel mit größerem Tintenfleck, leicht bestoßen, anfangs auch innen mit Tintenspuren im weißen Rand, papierbedingt lagenweise unterschiedlich gebräunt, nur wenig braunfleckig, im Ganzen: recht gut erhalten). Mit einem Besitzvermerk von alter Hand auf dem Titel, Stempel und Signatur auf vorderem Spiegel, Vorsätze vorne und hinten mit mathematischen Notizen von alter Hand in Bleistift, Seite 197/198 mit Einriss, Seiten 495 bis 508 mit dezenter Wurmspur im weißen Rand. Daniel Schwenter war Orientalist und Mathematiker, geb. am 31. Jan. 1585 in Nürnberg, seit 1626 Rektor der Universität Altdorf, gest. am 19. Januar 1636 in Altdorf. Schwenter studierte orientalische Sprachen und Mathematik an der Universität Altdorf, wo er Schüler des Mathematikers und… Read More

1756 PHYSICS Experiments Dutch Musschenbroek Isaac NEWTON Science MAP California

Pieter van Musschenbroek was an 18th-century Dutch scientist known for his numerous physics experiments. He extensively studied the work of Isaac Newton, attended his lectures, and developed many of his own hypotheses based on those of Newton. His experiments were illustrated and thoroughly described in his book 'Experimental and Mathematical Physics'. This 1756 edition includes impressive engravings showing the details of his experiments on hydraulics, mechanics, optics, and navigation!
According to the 'Daumas Historical Science',
"Underlying Musschenbroek's lectures demonstrated with experiments was the experimental philosophy. The principal source of inspiration was Newton, but Galileo, Torricelli, Huygens, Réaumur, and others were important to this school."
This tome includes the oft-lacking folding map of the world which features California as an island!
Item number: #16047
Price: $950
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[8],+320 pages. Small quarto (8 1/2" x 5 3/4") bound in contemporary vellum with title in script on spine. (Medina BHA 5346; Palau 214290; Sabin 58993) First edition.Fray Antonio Raimundo Pascual was a Majorcan Cistercian brother. He wrote at least six works that were published in his lifetime, four of which dealt with Llull.Treatise seeking to show that the medieval Catalan thinker Ramón Lull (or Llull; 1232?-1316), a native of Palma, Majorca, had discovered the use of the magnetic compass in navigation, and that Lull's theories regarding the existence of a Western continent influenced Columbus. Llull's Art (in Latin Ars) is at the center of his thought and undergirds his entire corpus. It is a system of universal logic based on a set of general principles activated in a combinatorial process. It can be used to prove statements about God and Creation (e.g., God is a Trinity). Often the Art formulates these statements as questions and answers (e.g., Q: Is there a Trinity in God? A: Yes.). It works… Read More

1790 ASTRONOMY Vince TELESCOPES Optics Mathematics Newton Physics Cambridge
Samuel Vince was an 18th-century English astronomer who was better known for his studies in mathematics and physic experiments; however, his astronomy treatise is easily one of his most popular and important works. "Treatise on Practical Astronomy" was written to aid other astronomers and physicists in their studies with special attention given to the use and care of the telescope.
It should be noted that this 1790 edition contains impressive folding engravings – views of astronomy tools, micrometers, telescopes, and protractors.
Item number: #20378
Price: $950
VINCE, Samuel
A treatise on practical astronomy
Cambridge: printed by Archdeacon, for Merrill…, 1790. 1st edition

Details:

· Collation: Complete with all pages
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[6], 204
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8 folding engravings
· Language: English
· Binding: Leather; tight and secure
· Size: ~11.5in X 9in (29.5cm x 22.5cm)
· Very rare and desirable
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1834 Handwritten Mathematics Manuscript WINE & BEER Apothecary Drugs Stocks
An interesting handwritten manuscript of mathematics lessons, theories, and problems. The lessons cover mathematical concepts such as subtraction, proportion, multiplication, and division, including an interesting section entitled 'The Rule of Three'. The lessons are then applied in a variety of practical questions, such as converting measurements between apothecary, troy, and avoirdupois weights and measures; understanding billing, expenses, and cost of services rendered; use of currency; brokerage of stocks; and many more. These practical questions often feature goods and services students would frequently interact with on a daily basis during this time period, such as the cost of ingredients for wine and beer; understanding how many garments could be made from a given length of cloth; travel distances over time; and cost of tobacco, to name just a few.
Item number: #21088
Price: $950
ELLIS, Robert
Compound Subtraction… Read More

1st Edition. FIRST EDITIONS IN MINT CONDITION AND IN ORIGINAL WRAPS of Abraham Wald's seminal work on sequential tests of statistical hypotheses. Before Wald, the traditional style of statistical decision was to posit a hypothesis, make a predetermined number of measurements, then make a decision whether to accept or reject the hypothesis. Wald realized that this procedure is quite wasteful, and that many measurements could be saved if given the option to decide at every step whether to continue or stop the measurement process. "According to Wald, the resulting ‘sequential probability ratio test frequently results in a savings of about 50 percent in the number of observations over the most efficient test procedure based on a fixed number of observations" (Gass, An Annotated Timeline of Operations Research, 65). In these papers Wald, known now as "the father of sequential analysis and decision theory," first presents the theoretical foundations of the theory of sequential analysis. The ideas he put… Read More

Glasguae (glasgow): In Aedibus Academicius, Excudebant Rob. Et And. Foulis. Very Good. 1749. First Edition. Hardcover. Full brown calf professionally rebacked with 5 raised bands and original leather spine label. Xviii, 233, [1]. Illustrated with diagrams throughout the text. Hinges and text tight and intact. Latin text. Prior owner's bookplate. First 10 & last 4 leaves heavily foxed then scattered light foxing. Mathematics, Greek Geometry, Science. ; Diagrams; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 233 pages .

Venice: Venice: presso Francesco Storti in Merceria, 1745. Full vellum. Very Good. Second edition, quarto; [8], xvi, 232pp, with 11 folding engraved plates. In original full vellum binding with early manuscript ink title to spine, woodcut device to title page (with lower blank margin neatly excised), lacks free endpapers, publisher's catalogue to rear leaf, an attractive example in its original binding of this very early Italian translation of Pemberton's digest of Newton's works.

Engelmann, p. 35 ; Recke/Napiersky III, p. 367 ; ADB XXV, 184 ; Poggendorff II, 365 ; not in Tomash Library Cat. First and only edition. The book contains two chapters, the first covering pages 1-90 with a detailed description of this mathematical instrument, the second its mathematical derivation with numerous examples. After starting his career as a teacher in southern Germany and France, Parrot (1767-1852) was very successful as a professor of physics and rector of the University of Dorpat from 1795. One folding plate with the various parts of the instrument.

Cambridge University Press. 1950. THREE VOLUMES. Large 8vo. (9.7 x 7.1 inches). Reprint of the second Edition, originally published in 1925 (Volume 1) and 1927 (volumes 2 and 3). ---- Volume 1. xlvi, 674pp. - Volume 2. xxxi, 742pp. - Volume 3. viii, 491pp. Some foxing to the first and last few pages of each volume but generally very good clean copies in the publishers dark blue cloth with gilt lettering and publisher logo to the spines. The boards are a little marked and the spines a bit dulled but still very good copies. In original green paper dustwrappers, printed in dark blue, with some darkening to the spines and minor chipping to the extremities but generally very good. ----- Originally published in 1910, 1912 and 1913, the second edition appeared in 1925 and 1927 with a new introduction and three appendices.