BERNOULLI, Daniel (1700-1782). "Discours sur la maniere la plus parfaite de conserver sur Mer l'égalité du mouvement des Clepsidres ou Sabliers." In: Piece qui a remporté le Prix de l'Academie Royale des Sciences. Proposé pour l'année mil sept cent vingt-cinq. Paris: Claude Jombert, 1725.
BERNOULLI, Daniel (1700-1782). "Discours sur la maniere la plus parfaite de conserver sur Mer l'égalité du mouvement des Clepsidres ou Sabliers." In: Piece qui a remporté le Prix de l'Academie Royale des Sciences. Proposé pour l'année mil sept cent vingt-cinq. Paris: Claude Jombert, 1725. 4 o (248 x 193 mm). Engraved folding plate (remargined). (Some dampstaining to corners, reinforced with Japan paper.) Modern marbled boards. FIRST EDITION of this rare prize-winning work. The discourse deals with "the most appropriate shape for and the installation of hourglasses filled with sand or water, Bernoulli was highly esteemed for clarifying problems for a general public interested in the sciences. Of his essays entered in the competitions of the Paris Academy, ten were awarded prizes. Most of them concerned marine technology, navigation, and oceanology; but astronomy and magnetism were also represented" ( DSB ). See Bibliotheca Mechanica p.34-35.
BERNOULLI, Daniel (1700-1782). "Discours sur la maniere la plus parfaite de conserver sur Mer l'égalité du mouvement des Clepsidres ou Sabliers." In: Piece qui a remporté le Prix de l'Academie Royale des Sciences. Proposé pour l'année mil sept cent vingt-cinq. Paris: Claude Jombert, 1725.
BERNOULLI, Daniel (1700-1782). "Discours sur la maniere la plus parfaite de conserver sur Mer l'égalité du mouvement des Clepsidres ou Sabliers." In: Piece qui a remporté le Prix de l'Academie Royale des Sciences. Proposé pour l'année mil sept cent vingt-cinq. Paris: Claude Jombert, 1725. 4 o (248 x 193 mm). Engraved folding plate (remargined). (Some dampstaining to corners, reinforced with Japan paper.) Modern marbled boards. FIRST EDITION of this rare prize-winning work. The discourse deals with "the most appropriate shape for and the installation of hourglasses filled with sand or water, Bernoulli was highly esteemed for clarifying problems for a general public interested in the sciences. Of his essays entered in the competitions of the Paris Academy, ten were awarded prizes. Most of them concerned marine technology, navigation, and oceanology; but astronomy and magnetism were also represented" ( DSB ). See Bibliotheca Mechanica p.34-35.
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