TORRICELLI, Evangelista. Lezioni Accademiche. Firenze, Jacopo Guiducci e Santi Franchi, 1715.
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4to, mm. 240x180; contemporary full vellum binding; pp. XLIX, incl. Half title and Title-page., 1 nn., 96, 2 nn. with Imprimatur; vignetta in rame con impresa della Crusca al Front., una tavola f.t. col ritratto di Torricelli inciso su rame da P. Anichinius, 3 woodcuts within the text. Stamp of extinct library in the title.
FIRST EDITION. Are gathered the 12 lectures delivered by Torricelli at the Academy of Bran, published posthumously care of Tommaso Bonaventura. In these lectures the scientist is the percussion, where developed some theories of Galilei, atmospheric pressure, light, wind, mathematics and military architecture. DSB: "From the point of view of physics, the lectures on the force and impact on wind and are of Particular interest. In the former he said That he was reporting ideas Expressed by Galileo in Their informal conversations, and there is no lack of original observations ... In the lecture on wind Torricelli ... advanced the modern theory That winds are produced by differences of air temperature, and hence of density, between two regions of the earth. "Roberts and Trent:" Chapter 7 on the movement of winds is a pioneer contribution in the field of meteorology explaining in detail Their origin in atmospheric changes and refuting the contemporary theory That they issued from the earth. "Of great interest is the long introduction by the editor, about the life and works of Torricelli: here we publish two letters sent to Michelangelo Ricci in June 1644, in which he describes his invention of the fundamental barometer mercury and speaks of atmospheric pressure, in this first part of the three also appear in woodcut illustrations of scientific instruments.
Gillispie, D.S.B., XIII, p.438-39; Dibner, Heralds, n. 149; Honeyman, n. 2993; Cinti, Bibl. Galilean, n. 169; Zeitlinger, n. 4914; Roberts and Trent p. 322; Norman, n. 2088.
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FIRST EDITION. Are gathered the 12 lectures delivered by Torricelli at the Academy of Bran, published posthumously care of Tommaso Bonaventura. In these lectures the scientist is the percussion, where developed some theories of Galilei, atmospheric pressure, light, wind, mathematics and military architecture. DSB: "From the point of view of physics, the lectures on the force and impact on wind and are of Particular interest. In the former he said That he was reporting ideas Expressed by Galileo in Their informal conversations, and there is no lack of original observations ... In the lecture on wind Torricelli ... advanced the modern theory That winds are produced by differences of air temperature, and hence of density, between two regions of the earth. "Roberts and Trent:" Chapter 7 on the movement of winds is a pioneer contribution in the field of meteorology explaining in detail Their origin in atmospheric changes and refuting the contemporary theory That they issued from the earth. "Of great interest is the long introduction by the editor, about the life and works of Torricelli: here we publish two letters sent to Michelangelo Ricci in June 1644, in which he describes his invention of the fundamental barometer mercury and speaks of atmospheric pressure, in this first part of the three also appear in woodcut illustrations of scientific instruments.
Gillispie, D.S.B., XIII, p.438-39; Dibner, Heralds, n. 149; Honeyman, n. 2993; Cinti, Bibl. Galilean, n. 169; Zeitlinger, n. 4914; Roberts and Trent p. 322; Norman, n. 2088.
Il lotto viene venduto provvisto di licenza d'esportazione/The lot is offered with a valid export licence.
Riparazione al piatto anteriore della legatura, fresco esemplare.
