MUSSCHENBROEK (Petrus van). Introductio ad philosophiam nat - Lot 297

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MUSSCHENBROEK (Petrus van). Introductio ad philosophiam nat - Lot 297
MUSSCHENBROEK (Petrus van). Introductio ad philosophiam naturalem. Lugduni Batavorum [Leiden], Sam. et Joh. Luchtmans, 1762. 2 vol. in-4° of [22], 476 pp.; 477-1132 pp., [13] pp. vignette with arms, 64 folding plates, 1 folding table and 1 folding map, all engraved in h.-t.. Marbled fawn basane, 5-rib spine with fleurons, red morocco t.p., tan morocco tom. p., double gilt fillet on the edges, red edges (period binding). First edition published one year after the scientist's death, by his disciple Johan LULOFS. Pieter van MUSSCHENBROEK, a physicist from Leiden, introduced experimental physics and Newtonianism to his country. He left important observations on electricity, magnetism, friction and cohesion of solids, capillarity; he took part in the Leyden bottle experiment and, in 1731, devised a pyrometer (or dilatometer) to measure the expansion of metal bars subjected to a rise in temperature. Graesse, Trésor de livres rares et précieux, IV, 637 (year 1702!). Light rings, spine rubbed, some loss to headpieces. A good copy, however, complete with plates.
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