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Benedetti, John Baptist. Resolutio omnium Euclidis problematum aliorumque ad hoc necessario inventorum una tantummodo circini data apertura. Venice, Bartolomeo Cesano, 1553. In 4° (205 x 138 mm);[12], 57, [1] papers. Typographical mark to title page, numerous diagrams in text (stains to title page and traces of a provenance removed, lack at lower corner of one page due to paper defect, some staining and blooming). Coeval vellum binding with gold title within cartouche on spine, marbled edges. Rare first edition of Benedetti's early work in which he seeks a general solution to the problems of Euclid'sElements using a compass with a fixed radius.The dedication that opens the book also contains the first demonstration of the thesis that the acceleration of bodies in free fall is constant, and not proportional to weight as the traditional Aristotelian-derived doctrine held-a concept normally only attributed to Galileo.
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Benedetti, John Baptist. Resolutio omnium Euclidis problematum aliorumque ad hoc necessario inventorum una tantummodo circini data apertura. Venice, Bartolomeo Cesano, 1553. In 4° (205 x 138 mm);[12], 57, [1] papers. Typographical mark to title page, numerous diagrams in text (stains to title page and traces of a provenance removed, lack at lower corner of one page due to paper defect, some staining and blooming). Coeval vellum binding with gold title within cartouche on spine, marbled edges. Rare first edition of Benedetti's early work in which he seeks a general solution to the problems of Euclid'sElements using a compass with a fixed radius.The dedication that opens the book also contains the first demonstration of the thesis that the acceleration of bodies in free fall is constant, and not proportional to weight as the traditional Aristotelian-derived doctrine held-a concept normally only attributed to Galileo.
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