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Galileo, Guldin and Mersenne Square Off at the Collegio Romano
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[[GALILEIANA] ] CASATI, Paolo. Terra machinis mota dissertationes geometricae, mechanicae, physicae, hydrostaticae ... . Rome, Ignazio de Lazaro, 1658.
Scarce augmented edition of this work on the theory of machines and the nature of gravity by the young Jesuit Paolo Casati.
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Trigonometry For The Practicing Astronomer
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CAGNOLI, Antonio. Trigonometria Piana e Sferica. Paris, Francesco Ambrogio Didot, 1786.
First edition of, according to Lalande, the best book of the period on trigonometry and its application to astronomy.
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"Copernicus First Scientific Work'
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COPERNICUS, Nicolaus. De Lateribus et angulis Triangulorum, tum planorum rectilineorum tum Sphaericorum, libellus eruditissimus & utilissimus, cum ad plerasque Ptolemaei demonstrationes intelligendas, tam vero ad alia multa... Wittenberg, Johannes Lufft, 1542.
Rare first edition of Copernicus' first scientific work, containing the first appearance of any part of the text of De Revolutionibus as well as Rheticus first published trigonometric tables.
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Basel Euclid In A Contemporary Binding
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EUCLID. Elementorum geometricorum libri XV. Basel, Johannes Herwagen, 1546.
A genuine and attractive copy of the Basel Euclid in a contemporary binding.
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A "Logarithm Bestseller"
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GARDINER, William. Tables of Logarithms for all numbers from 1 to 102100 and for the Sines and Tangents... with other useful and necessary tables. London, G. Smith, 1742.
Rare. First edition of the first work on logarithms to extend calculations to the seventh figure, celebrated for the accuracy of its computations as well as the legibility and elegance of its printing.
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