Title: [Elementa Physica in Russian], Sokrachenie Opytnoy Fiziki (Reduction of Skilled Physics) (caption title) Author: Musschenbroek, Peter van Place: Moscow, Russia Publisher: Date: 1791 Description: 716 pp. With 14 folding copper-engraved plates, plus a duplicate of plate 11. (8vo) 20x12 cm. (8x4¾"), period calf. First Edition in Russian. Extremely rare Russian edition of Musschenbroek's Elementa Physica, first published in Latin in 1726, which played an important part in the transmission of Isaac Newton's ideas in physics to Europe. There is no separate title-page, apparently as issued. Pieter van Musschenbroek was born on 14 March 1692 in Leiden, Holland, the son of a maker of scientific instruments. He is remembered today for his work in electrostatics, and the invention of the Leyden jar, named for his city of origin. No copies offered at auction in the past twenty-five years, including Russian auctions. Only a few copies exist in Russian institutional libraries. Lot Amendments Condition: Rubbing to covers; old Russian rubberstamps on title-page, a few leaves with short marginal tears, else very good. Item number: 213982
Title: [Elementa Physica in Russian], Sokrachenie Opytnoy Fiziki (Reduction of Skilled Physics) (caption title) Author: Musschenbroek, Peter van Place: Moscow, Russia Publisher: Date: 1791 Description: 716 pp. With 14 folding copper-engraved plates, plus a duplicate of plate 11. (8vo) 20x12 cm. (8x4¾"), period calf. First Edition in Russian. Extremely rare Russian edition of Musschenbroek's Elementa Physica, first published in Latin in 1726, which played an important part in the transmission of Isaac Newton's ideas in physics to Europe. There is no separate title-page, apparently as issued. Pieter van Musschenbroek was born on 14 March 1692 in Leiden, Holland, the son of a maker of scientific instruments. He is remembered today for his work in electrostatics, and the invention of the Leyden jar, named for his city of origin. No copies offered at auction in the past twenty-five years, including Russian auctions. Only a few copies exist in Russian institutional libraries. Lot Amendments Condition: Rubbing to covers; old Russian rubberstamps on title-page, a few leaves with short marginal tears, else very good. Item number: 213982
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