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179 - Casati, Paolo. *Mechanicorum libri octo*, Lyon 1684. First edition of an important treatise on mechanics
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Casati, Paolo. *Mechanicorum libri octo*, Lyon 1684. First edition of an important treatise on mechanics A fine copy, though with somewhat narrow margins, of Mechanicorum libri octo, printed in Lyon in 1684 by Paolo Casati, professor of mathematics at the Collegio Romano and later rector of the University of Parma. The work represents one of the first attempts to systematize mechanics prior to the publication of Newton’s *Principia* and attests to the ability of Jesuit scientists to embrace and develop Galilean physics. Richly illustrated with woodcut diagrams in the text. First edition of an important treatise on mechanics
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