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[Kenneth Karmiole]

Clare, Martin

 

THE MOTION OF FLUIDS, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL; In Particularthat of the Air and Water....

 

London:Edward Symon. 1735. First edition.  8vo.  (16),323,(25)pp., including at back a leaf ofads, and a leaf of errata.  Illus. with 9copper engraved plates, each with numerous figures.  Also, the dedication leaf has a half-pageengraved coat-of-arms.  An attractivecopy in period style modern full polished calf, spine with red morocco giltlabel.  Cont. ownership signature ofJoseph Hankey on the title-page.  Oneleaf (pp.17/18) has a 1" loss at the blank outer margin, touching a fewletters, but readability is fine.

 

$300

 

    A significant workon hydrostatics and pneumatics.  The ESTCrecords 4 editions in 

    the 18th.century.  BIBLIOTHECA MECHANICA, p.72.