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

by Charles Augustin De Coulomb

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Ten folding engraved plates. viii, 368 pp. Large 4to, orig. paste-paper wrappers a bit frayed , printed paper label on spine, uncut. Paris: Bachelier, 1821. First collected edition and quite scarce on the market. “Coulomb’s collected memoirs on mechanics. The first of these deals with simple machines and won the Academy prize of 1779. The second is a study of friction at pivots, and the third deals with torsion and the elasticity of metal wire.

• Binding: Wrappers

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