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A treatise of mechanicks [electronic resource] : or, the science of the effects of powers or moving...

A treatise of mechanicks [electronic resource] : or, the science of the effects of powers or moving...

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A treatise of mechanicks [electronic resource] : or, the science of the effects of powers or moving forces, as apply'd to machines, demonstrated from its first principles. Done out of French. In this Translation are inserted Particular References to the several Propositions in euclid, on which the Demonstrations are built: With considerable Additions, whereby the Whole is more Compleat and Universal, and particularly the Rising and Falling of the Quicksilver in the Weather-Glass explain'd and accounted for. Useful for all Artificers, as well as Natural Philosophers and Mathematicians. By Thomas Watts, Of the Accomptant's Office, for Qualifying Young Gentlemen for Business.

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A treatise of mechanicks [electronic resource] : or, the science of the effects of powers or moving forces, as apply'd to machines, demonstrated from its first principles. Done out of French. In this Translation are inserted Particular References to the several Propositions in euclid, on which the Demonstrations are built: With considerable Additions, whereby the Whole is more Compleat and Universal, and particularly the Rising and Falling of the Quicksilver in the Weather-Glass explain'd and accounted for. Useful for all Artificers, as well as Natural Philosophers and Mathematicians. By Thomas Watts, Of the Accomptant's Office, for Qualifying Young Gentlemen for Business.

Publisher

London : printed for Edward Symon, at the Black Bull in Cornhill; and sold by Francis Clay, at the Bible without Temple-Bar, 1716.

Uniform title

Méchaniques. English.

Date

1716.

Record Identifier

74Vv4x4pp4oy

MMS ID

991015629399702626

Language

English

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Physical content

[14],160,[2]p.,plates ; 8°.

Publication information

Publisher

London : printed for Edward Symon, at the Black Bull in Cornhill; and sold by Francis Clay, at the Bible without Temple-Bar, 1716.

Place of Publication

England

Date Published

1716.

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Available for use in the Library. Available from home to registered NSW residents.

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Full title

A treatise of mechanicks [electronic resource] : or, the science of the effects of powers or moving forces, as apply'd to machines, demonstrated from its first principles. Done out of French. In this Translation are inserted Particular References to the several Propositions in euclid, on which the Demonstrations are built: With considerable Additio...

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General note

A translation of Jacques Rohault's 'Les méchaniques', originally published in 1682 in 'Oeuvres posthumes'.

Reproduction of original from British Library.

With a recommendatory preface by W. Whiston.

With an initial advertisement, and a final contents leaf.

Additional physical form availability note

Also available in microfilm held offsite at RAV/FM4/51.

Reproduction note

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

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74Vv4x4pp4oy

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991015629399702626