Astronomiae Physicae & Geometricae Elementa.

by David Gregory

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Houzeau et Lancaster, 9240; DSB V, 520-22; Sotheran I, 1652; Lalande, p.345; Wallis, 87; Gray, 88. Édition originale. Professeur d astronomie à Oxford, Gregory « fut un des premiers à comprendre Newton » (Daumas). « It was the first text-book composed on gravitational principles, and remodelling astronomy in conformity with physical theory Newton thought highly of the book, and communicated, for insertion in it, his « lunar theory », long the guide of practical astronomers in determining the moon s motion. The discussion in the preface, in which the doctrine of gravitation was brought into credit on the score of its antiquity, likewise emanated from Newton » (DSB., pp.536-37). Reliure habilement restaurée, tache brune au début et à la fin, petite galerie de vers en marge blanche.

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