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[armored binding] CASTEL (Louis-Bertrand): Traité de Physique sur la Pesanteur Universelle des Corps. A Paris, chez André Cailleau, 1724. Two volumes. 9 by 16 cm. (6)-621-(3) ; (2)-619-(1) pages. Bound in contemporary full calf, spine ribbed and decorated, red morocco title-pieces. Traces of wetness on the 1st plate of volume 1, epidermis on the 2nd plate, the lower spine and lower head are missing from volume two. Binding with arms. "In 1724, he published a Traité de la pesanteur universelle, in which he explained all the phenomena of the Universe by two principles: the gravity of bodies, which caused everything to tend towards rest, and the activity of spirits, which incessantly created movement". In France, he was one of the main opponents of Newton's theory of gravitation. An interesting text by a scientist famous for his bold and original, if not accurate, hypotheses. Rare book

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[armored binding] CASTEL (Louis-Bertrand): Traité de Physique sur la Pesanteur Universelle des Corps. A Paris, chez André Cailleau, 1724. Two volumes. 9 by 16 cm. (6)-621-(3) ; (2)-619-(1) pages. Bound in contemporary full calf, spine ribbed and decorated, red morocco title-pieces. Traces of wetness on the 1st plate of volume 1, epidermis on the 2nd plate, the lower spine and lower head are missing from volume two. Binding with arms. "In 1724, he published a Traité de la pesanteur universelle, in which he explained all the phenomena of the Universe by two principles: the gravity of bodies, which caused everything to tend towards rest, and the activity of spirits, which incessantly created movement". In France, he was one of the main opponents of Newton's theory of gravitation. An interesting text by a scientist famous for his bold and original, if not accurate, hypotheses. Rare book

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