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French text. Facsimile of the 1744 first edition. Hard cover, 8vo. Collation: [2], xxxii, [8], 458 [26] pp. In publisher's brown leatherette binding with faux spine labels in red, blocked titles in silver. With ten full-page reproduction plates. CONDITION: Fine. Bright, clean and fresh. Ghost of a pencil mark to front free endpaper. ** A pleasing facsimile of d'Alembert's study of fluid mechanics. ** Jean-Baptiste le Rond d'Alembert (1717-1783) was a French mathematician, and physicist, as well as being a co-editor of Diderot's famous "Encyclopédie" (1751-1772). He is most famous for his contributions to algebra (the "fundamental theorem of algebra") and physics (the "wave equation"). ** In this work, he outlines a general approach to the mathematical study of fluid mechanics. REF: Original work from 1744: BnF No. 12148. (Paris: Chez David, l'aine, Libraire, Jean-Baptiste Coignard, Printer, 1744.)
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