Fulton 246. Wheeler-Gift I, 187 (Spätere Ausgabe 1680-1693). – Sammelband mit 7 wichtigen Arbeiten des bedeutenden irischen Naturforschers R. Boyle (1626-1691). Mit dem Titel „Opera varia“ erschienen bei S. de Tournes in Genf Sammelbände mit bis zu 20 Abhandlungen Boyles. – Enthält: I. Nova experimenta physico-mechanica de VI aeris elastica. – II. Experimentorum novorum physico-mechanicorum continvatio secunda. In qua experimenta varia tum in aere compresso, tum in fatitio-instituta, circa ignem, animalia, … – III. Defensio doctrinae de elatere et gravitate aeris. – IV. Tractatus ubi I. Mira aeris (etiam citra calorem) rare factio detecta. II. Observata nova circa durationem virtutis elasticae aeris expansi. III. Experimenta nova de condensatione aeris solo frigore facta; ejusque compressione sine machinis. IV. Ejusdem quantitatis aeris rarefacti & compressi mire discrepans extensio. – V. Tractatus, in quibus continentur suspiciones de latentibus quibusdam qualitatibus aeris… – VI. Paradoxa hydrostatica. Novis experimentis. – VII. Tentamina quaedem physiologica. (mit den Zischentiteln: Specimen unum atque alterum e quibus constat, quantopere experimenta chymica… und De absoluta quiete in corporibus). – Boyle, Gründungsmitglied der Royal Society 1660 und 1680 zu deren Präsidenten gewählt, „verbesserte zusammen mit Robert Hooke die Luftpumpe, und nach ihrer Vollendung 1659 begann er eine Reihe von Experimenten über die Eigenschaften der Luft. Im Jahr 1660 machte Boyle seine wichtigen Versuche zur Bestimmung des Luftdruckes, die er in New Experiments, Physico-Mechanical, touching the Spring of the Air publizierte. … Bei seinen Versuchen zeigte Boyle auch, dass Schall sich im Vakuum nicht ausbreiten kann. … Boyle gilt als Begründer der analytischen Chemie, das Wort Analyse (Auflösung) wurde von ihm geprägt.“ (Wikipedia). – Ohne das oft fehlende gestoch. Portrait und 1 Kupfertafel zu „Paradoxa hydrostatica“, sehr gutes sauberes Exemplar.
An anthology comprising seven important works by the eminent Irish natural philosopher R. Boyle (1626–1691). Anthologies containing up to 20 of Boyle’s treatises were published under the title ‘Opera varia’ by S. de Tournes in Geneva. – Contains: I. Nova experimenta physico-mechanica de VI aeris elastica. – II. A second collection of new physical and mechanical experiments. In which various experiments are described, both on compressed air and in experimental arrangements concerning fire, animals, … – III. A defence of the doctrine concerning the elasticity and gravity of air. – IV. A treatise in which I. The remarkable rarefaction of air (even in the absence of heat) is demonstrated. II. New observations concerning the duration of the elastic force of expanded air. III. New experiments on the condensation of air effected by cold alone; and on its compression without machinery. IV. The remarkably differing expansion of the same quantity of rarefied and compressed air. – V. Treatise containing conjectures regarding certain latent qualities of air… – VI. Hydrostatic paradoxes. Based on new experiments. – VII. Certain physiological experiments. (with the subheadings: ‘One and another specimen demonstrating how much chemical experiments…’ and ‘On absolute rest in bodies’). – Boyle, a founding member of the Royal Society in 1660 and elected its President in 1680, “improved the air pump in collaboration with Robert Hooke, and following its completion in 1659, he began a series of experiments on the properties of air. In 1660, Boyle carried out his important experiments to determine atmospheric pressure, which he published in *New Experiments, Physico-Mechanical, touching the Spring of the Air*. … In his experiments, Boyle also demonstrated that sound cannot propagate in a vacuum. … Boyle is regarded as the founder of analytical chemistry; the term ‘analysis’ (resolution) was coined by him.” (Wikipedia). – Without the often-missing engraved portrait and 1 copperplate illustration for *Paradoxa hydrostatica*; a very good, clean copy.

Schlagwörter: Chemie, Chemistry, Mechanics, Mechanik, Physics, Physik, Physique

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DSB XI, 506 f. Poggendorff II, 671. – Frühe Ausgabe, eines der erfolgreichsten Physik-Lehrbücher des 17. und 18. Jahrhunderts. – „Rohault’s masterwork the ‚Traité de physique‘ (1671) became the era’s leading textbook on natural philosophy … The strength and its contemporary appeal lay in Rohault’s ability to weave new experimental findings, as well as his knowledge of craft and chemical processes, within a verbal web of Cartesian mechanistic discourse.“ (DSB). – Der franz. Mathematiker, Philosoph und Physiker J. Rohault (1618-1672) war einer der wichtigsten Vertreter des Cartesianismus. „In seinem Physik-Lehrbuch von 1671 behandelt er neben Material aus der Dioptrik und Météores von Descartes auch neue Themen wie Magnetismus und Kapillarität und legt viel Wert auf Experimente. In der Astronomie folgt er teilweise den überkommenen Theorien von Ptolemäus und Tycho Brahe, teilweise Kopernikus. Er behandelt auch Biologie (wobei er neben Descartes auch William Harvey und seiner Theorie des Blutkreislaufs folgt). Es war jahrelang das physikalische Standardlehrbuch in Frankreich.[2] 1674 erschien eine lateinische Übersetzung des Schweizers Théophile Bonet (1620–1689), eine weitere lateinische Fassung stammte vom Newton-Anhänger Samuel Clarke (1697 und viele weitere Auflagen), der auch Zusätze im Sinne der Newtonschen Lehre einbrachte, die er der Descarteschen gegenüberstellte. Daraus entstand 1723 eine englische Ausgabe durch seinen Bruder John Clarke, so dass das Buch auch in England einflussreich war, damit allerdings nicht die kartesianische, sondern die Newtonsche Lehre verbreitete“ (Wikipedia). – Einbände etwas berieben, stellenweise etwas braunfleckig, gutes dekorativ gebundenes Exemplar.
Early edition of one of the most successful physics textbooks of the 17th and 18th centuries. – ‘Rohault’s masterpiece, the “Traité de physique” (1671), became the era’s leading textbook on natural philosophy … Its strength and contemporary appeal lay in Rohault’s ability to weave new experimental findings, as well as his knowledge of craft and chemical processes, into a verbal web of Cartesian mechanistic discourse.’ (DSB). – The French mathematician, philosopher and physicist J. Rohault (1618-1672) was one of the most important representatives of Cartesianism. „In his physics textbook of 1671, he deals with material from Descartes’ Dioptrics and Météores, as well as new topics such as magnetism and capillarity, and attaches great importance to experiments. In astronomy, he partly follows the traditional theories of Ptolemy and Tycho Brahe, and partly those of Copernicus. He also deals with biology (following Descartes as well as William Harvey and his theory of blood circulation). For many years, it was the standard physics textbook in France. [2] In 1674, a Latin translation by the Swiss Théophile Bonet (1620–1689) was published, and another Latin version was produced by Newton’s follower Samuel Clarke (1697 and many further editions), who also added additions in line with Newton’s teachings, which he contrasted with those of Descartes. This resulted in an English edition by his brother John Clarke in 1723, so that the book was also influential in England, spreading Newton’s teachings rather than those of Descartes (Wikipedia). – Binding slightly rubbed, some brown spots in places, good decorative binding.

Schlagwörter: Astronomie, Astronomy, Mechanics, Mechanik, Optics, Optik, Physics, Physik / Geschichte

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