276 - Bouguer, Pierre. *On the Maneuvering of Ships, or A Treatise on Mechanics and Dynamics in Which the Most Difficult Problems of Naval Science Concerning the Motion of Ships Are Reduced to Very Simple Solutions*. Paris, Guerin, 1757. A rare first edition on the mechanics and dynamics of military ships

Bouguer, Pierre. *On the Maneuvering of Ships, or A Treatise on Mechanics and Dynamics in Which the Most Difficult Problems of Naval Science Concerning the Motion of Ships Are Reduced to Very Simple Solutions*. Paris, Guerin, 1757. A rare first edition on the mechanics and dynamics of military ships Bouguer, Pierre. On the Maneuvering of Ships, or A Treatise on Mechanics and Dynamics in Which the Most Difficult Problems of Naval Science Concerning the Movement of Ships Are Reduced to Very Simple Solutions. Paris, Guerin, 1757. Quarto (255 x 192 mm); [4], XXX, 520 pages. Title page in red and black type, 15 folded copper-engraved plates outside the text (title page missing, a few small stains.) Contemporary binding in hazelnut-colored mottled calfskin, spine with 5 raised bands and a red label bearing the title in gold, marbled endpapers, red edges (damaged hinges and caps, minor peeling and losses). Bouguer was a Breton mathematician, astronomer, and naval architect who published his first treatise on naval architecture in 1746, titled *Traité du Navire*, and quickly became the leading French theoretical authority on all matters pertaining to navigation. Rare first edition on the mechanics and dynamics of naval vessels