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CÔTES (R.). LEÇONS DE PHYSIQUE EXPÉRIMENTALE, sur l'équilibre des liqueurs, & sur la Nature & les propriétés de l'Air. P., David fils, 1742. In-8 marbled fawn calf, ornate ribbed spine, garnet-red title page, red edges (contemporary binding). Damage to upper head, 3 corners dulled. FIRST FRENCH EDITION, translated from English by Louis Guillaume Lemonnier. Engraved title vignette by Duflos and 6 folding engraved plates. The English mathematician Roger COTES (1682-1716) was a close friend of Isaac NEWTON, with whom he shared the discovery of the Newton-Cotes method of numerical analysis.
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CÔTES (R.). LEÇONS DE PHYSIQUE EXPÉRIMENTALE, sur l'équilibre des liqueurs, & sur la Nature & les propriétés de l'Air. P., David fils, 1742. In-8 marbled fawn calf, ornate ribbed spine, garnet-red title page, red edges (contemporary binding). Damage to upper head, 3 corners dulled. FIRST FRENCH EDITION, translated from English by Louis Guillaume Lemonnier. Engraved title vignette by Duflos and 6 folding engraved plates. The English mathematician Roger COTES (1682-1716) was a close friend of Isaac NEWTON, with whom he shared the discovery of the Newton-Cotes method of numerical analysis.
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