Mathematical discourses concerning two new sciences relating to mechanicks and local motion, in four dialogues. I. Of the Resistance of Solids against Fraction. II. Of the Cause of their Coherence. III. Of Local Motion, viz. Equable, and naturally Accelerate. IV. Of Violent Motion, or of Projects. By Galileo Galilei, Chief Philosopher and Mathematician to the Grand Duke of Tuscany. With an appendix concerning the center of gravity of solid bodies. Done into English from the Italian, by Tho. Weston, late Master, and now publish'd by John Weston, present Master, of the Academy at Greenwich.
- Galilei, Galileo, 1564-1642.
- Date:
- M.DCC.XXXIV. [1734]
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Discorsi e dimostrazioni matematichè intorno à due nuove scienze. English
Publication/Creation
London : printed for Samuel Baker, at the Angel and Crown in Russel Street, Covent-Garden, M.DCC.XXXIV. [1734]
Physical description
xi,[1],497,[3]p.,plate : ill. ; 40.
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Edition
The second edition.
References note
ESTC T119010
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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. (Eighteenth century collections online). Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.