Lot 164
Physics.- Hooke (Robert) Lectures de Potentia Restitutiva, or of Spring, first edition, for John Martyn, to the Royal Society, 1678.
Hammer Price: £1,300
Description
Physics.- Hooke (Robert) Lectures de Potentia Restitutiva, or of Spring, first edition, 3 engraved plates (small repair to outer corner of plate 1, plate 1 working loose), lacking blank f., small repair to head of title and final f. slightly touching text, final f. a little soiled, very occasional light spotting or staining, light trimming to upper margin occasionally touching pagination, ink ownership to title trimmed affecting name, 18th-century wrappers, light rubbing, [ESTC R38967; Wing H2619; Keynes 22], 4to, for John Martyn, to the Royal Society, 1678.
⁂ Hooke's work explores the fundamental cause of elasticity and introduces one of the earliest kinetic theories of gases.
Description
Physics.- Hooke (Robert) Lectures de Potentia Restitutiva, or of Spring, first edition, 3 engraved plates (small repair to outer corner of plate 1, plate 1 working loose), lacking blank f., small repair to head of title and final f. slightly touching text, final f. a little soiled, very occasional light spotting or staining, light trimming to upper margin occasionally touching pagination, ink ownership to title trimmed affecting name, 18th-century wrappers, light rubbing, [ESTC R38967; Wing H2619; Keynes 22], 4to, for John Martyn, to the Royal Society, 1678.
⁂ Hooke's work explores the fundamental cause of elasticity and introduces one of the earliest kinetic theories of gases.
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