EULER, Leonhard (1707-83) Theoria motus corporum solidorum seu rigidorum, ex primis nostrae cognitionis principiis stabilita et ad omnes motus, qui in huiusmodi corpora cadere possunt, accomodata. Editio nova... - Greifswald, Röse, 1790
4to. Contemp. quarter calf, worn but firm. With 18 engr. plates. (34), 624 pp.; some foxing and light browning as usual, but an uncut and unopened copy
Second edition (first 1765). «In the introduction to this work (which complements the Mechanica), Euler gave a new exposition of punctual mechanics... Establishing that the instantaneous motion of a solid body might be regarded as composed of rectilinear translation and instant rotation, Euler devoted special attention to the study of rotatory motion...» (DSB IV, 480). Roller & Goodman I, 375. Sotheran I, 7706: «Rare».
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