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inventioni, ed isperienze sin’hora ritrovate da gli scrittori di questa materia & altre nuove dell’autore medesimo.
Brescia, Rizzardi, 1670.
folio, mm. 320x230; half calf beginning of XIX century binding, back adorned with gold ornaments; pp. 8 nn., 252, i.e. 254; Numer. 181-errors numbering,
20 copper plates out text. Stamp of extinct library in the title.
FIRST EDITION, beautifully illustrated. The first scientific work on the mechanics of flight. The work, a very rare and valuable, is among the most important in the history of science and is considered a classic of technology: contains studies of physical, technical and mechanical. Norman: “the earliest concept of flight derived from demonstrable aerostatic principles.”
Joseph MacDonnell, SJ: “Previous descriptions of flight were nothing more than myths and vague fantasies whereas Lana's bold project was based on mathematical calculations and principles of physics. His work was translated by the physicist Robert Hooke in 1690 and was discussed by scientists throughout Europe for a century. It is no exaggeration to say that Lana's ideas lay behind the devlopment of the balloon and led to the successful flight of the Montgolfier brothers in 1783.” The 20 full-page engraved plates depicting various equipment and machines for physical and chemical experiments, mathematical calculations especially for the study of the lens and the focus of an object through a telescope, or a glass convex or concave, and other drawings with tools precision for air navigation. Appears for the first time in this treaty the description of a flying ship in the sky supported by metal globes in which was evacuated.Norman: “While Lana apparently originated the method of reducing air density in a vessel by heating it, the implications of this phenomenon in relation to flight were not fully understood until the advent of the Montgolfier brothers a century later”.
Riccardi I, 12; Sommervogel 1441; Dibner, Heralds of Science, 176; Caproni-Bertarelli, pp.4-5; Boffito p. 96; Honeyman, n. 1903; Norman 1272; Joseph MacDonnell, SJ, The Father of Aeronautics.
Slight traces of use, good specimen. Il lotto viene venduto provvisto di licenza d'esportazione.THE LOT IS OFFERED WITH A VALID EXPORT LICENCE
Brescia, Rizzardi, 1670.
folio, mm. 320x230; half calf beginning of XIX century binding, back adorned with gold ornaments; pp. 8 nn., 252, i.e. 254; Numer. 181-errors numbering,
20 copper plates out text. Stamp of extinct library in the title.
FIRST EDITION, beautifully illustrated. The first scientific work on the mechanics of flight. The work, a very rare and valuable, is among the most important in the history of science and is considered a classic of technology: contains studies of physical, technical and mechanical. Norman: “the earliest concept of flight derived from demonstrable aerostatic principles.”
Joseph MacDonnell, SJ: “Previous descriptions of flight were nothing more than myths and vague fantasies whereas Lana's bold project was based on mathematical calculations and principles of physics. His work was translated by the physicist Robert Hooke in 1690 and was discussed by scientists throughout Europe for a century. It is no exaggeration to say that Lana's ideas lay behind the devlopment of the balloon and led to the successful flight of the Montgolfier brothers in 1783.” The 20 full-page engraved plates depicting various equipment and machines for physical and chemical experiments, mathematical calculations especially for the study of the lens and the focus of an object through a telescope, or a glass convex or concave, and other drawings with tools precision for air navigation. Appears for the first time in this treaty the description of a flying ship in the sky supported by metal globes in which was evacuated.Norman: “While Lana apparently originated the method of reducing air density in a vessel by heating it, the implications of this phenomenon in relation to flight were not fully understood until the advent of the Montgolfier brothers a century later”.
Riccardi I, 12; Sommervogel 1441; Dibner, Heralds of Science, 176; Caproni-Bertarelli, pp.4-5; Boffito p. 96; Honeyman, n. 1903; Norman 1272; Joseph MacDonnell, SJ, The Father of Aeronautics.
Slight traces of use, good specimen. Il lotto viene venduto provvisto di licenza d'esportazione.THE LOT IS OFFERED WITH A VALID EXPORT LICENCE
