Coulomb (Charles Augustin) Theorie des Machines Simples, second (first collected) edition in book form, half-title, 10 folding engraved plates, occasional light foxing, uncut in original pink wrappers, spine a little faded and chipped at ends, printed paper label starting to peel, [Norman 528; Gillmor, Coulomb and the Evolution of Physics and Engineering in 18th-Century France, 1972], 4to, Paris, Bachelier, 1821. ⁂ Superb copy in original condition of the rare second edition in book form of the most famous work by Charles-Augustin Coulomb (1736-1806), in which the French physicist founded the science of friction. "Coulomb's work in friction remained a standard of theory and experiment for a century and a half, until the advent of molecular studies of friction in the twentieth century" (DSB III, p. 442) Coulomb had first presented his fundamental Théorie des machines simples orally to the Paris Academy of Sciences in 1781, winning the prestigious 'Prix double de l'Académie des Sciences pour l'Année 1781'. The first appearence in print followed in 1785 in the Mémoires de Mathématique et de Physique Présentés à l'Académie Royale des Sciences (vol. X, pp. 161-332), while the first edition in book form was published in Paris in 1809. The second edition of 1821 also includes other papers by Coulomb on friction, mechanics and ergonomics.
Coulomb (Charles Augustin) Theorie des Machines Simples, second (first collected) edition in book form, half-title, 10 folding engraved plates, occasional light foxing, uncut in original pink wrappers, spine a little faded and chipped at ends, printed paper label starting to peel, [Norman 528; Gillmor, Coulomb and the Evolution of Physics and Engineering in 18th-Century France, 1972], 4to, Paris, Bachelier, 1821. ⁂ Superb copy in original condition of the rare second edition in book form of the most famous work by Charles-Augustin Coulomb (1736-1806), in which the French physicist founded the science of friction. "Coulomb's work in friction remained a standard of theory and experiment for a century and a half, until the advent of molecular studies of friction in the twentieth century" (DSB III, p. 442) Coulomb had first presented his fundamental Théorie des machines simples orally to the Paris Academy of Sciences in 1781, winning the prestigious 'Prix double de l'Académie des Sciences pour l'Année 1781'. The first appearence in print followed in 1785 in the Mémoires de Mathématique et de Physique Présentés à l'Académie Royale des Sciences (vol. X, pp. 161-332), while the first edition in book form was published in Paris in 1809. The second edition of 1821 also includes other papers by Coulomb on friction, mechanics and ergonomics.
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