Theorie Des Machines Simples En Ayant Egard Au Frottement De Leurs Parties Et A La Roideur Des

by Charles Augustin Coulomb

$9,500 · Offered by Sophia Rare Books

Paris: Moutard, 1782. Extremely rare offprint preceding the journal version by three years, i.e. Norman 526 of this celebrated memoire in which Coulomb created the science of friction. OCLC list just three copies worldwide: Harvard; Huntington; Strasbourg. “Coulomb’s most celebrated study, one that brought him immediate acclaim, was Théorie des machines simples, his prize-winning friction study of 1781.

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