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Essais de physique.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cheseaux, Jean Philippe Loys de, 1718-1751.
- Language:
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Physics--Early works to 1800.
- Physics.
- Dynamics--Early works to 1800.
- Dynamics.
- Penn Provenance:
- Macclesfield, Earls of (former owner)
- South Library (bookplate) (stamp)
- Physical Description:
- 4 unnumbered pages, 317 pages, 5 unnumbered pages, 10 leaves of folded plates : illustrations ; 17 cm (12mo)
- Other Title:
- Essai de dynamique
- Place of Publication:
- A Paris : Chez Durand ..., 1743.
- Notes:
- "C'est l'ouvrage de Monsieur Jean-Paul de Louis, Seigneur de Chéseaux, petit-fils du célebre Monsieur de Crouzas."--Avertissement, p. [4] (first count).
- Caption title: Essai de dynamique.
- "Approbation" issued for this work under title: Essai de dynamique.
- Signatures: A-2C⁸/⁴ 2D⁶(-2D6).
- "Additions et corrections"--p. [1]-[5] at end.
- Woodcuts: device on t.p., initials, head-pieces, and tail-pieces.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edgar Fahs Smith Memorial Fund.
- Penn Library copy has the bookplate (dated 1860) and embossed stamp of the South Library (belonging to the Earls of Macclesfield), with ms. shelfmarks.
- OCLC:
- 21737900
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