Ozanam,(J.).

Recreations mathematiques et physiques. 2 vols. and suppl. in 2 vols. Paris, Jombert 1694. with 84 copper plates. 16 fol., 398 (of 400) p.; 8 fol., 303 p.; 4 fol., 163 p. Prgtbde. d. (Somewhat spotted, newly bound). Cf. ornamental engraving cat. Bln 1745 (with 62 plates for the 2 main parts) u. Poggendorff II, 341. Graesse V, 99 lists a one-volume edition of 1696. Ozanam (1640-1717) was a famous and extremely talented mathematician, who was able to make applied mathematics understandable and almost popular in a multitude of publications. Since 1701 he was a member of the Academie des Sciences and numerous scientists and scholars (including Leibniz) held him in high esteem. - Explanation of problems from arithmetic, geometry, optics, gnomonics, cosmography, mechanics, pyrotechnics and physics. The supplement on clocks is entitled "Traite des Horloges elementaires..." - Vol. 1 lacks pp. 1/2.