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Scuola mecanico-speculativo-pratica in cui si esamina la proporzione, che ha la potenza alla resistenza del corpo grave; per l'uso civile, e militare utile e necessaria ad ogni matematico, ingegnerio, architetto, machinista, e bombardiere, ... Edizione prima Veneta.Venice, Antonio Mora, 1745. Folio. With engraved frontispiece and 12 numbered engraved plates with hundreds of figures. Contemporary sheepskin parchment.
by SCALETTA, Carlo Cesare
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[16], 204 pp.Rare second (first Venetian) edition of an extensively illustrated practical handbook on the construction and use of mechanical devices including hoists, cranes and other equipment for constructing buildings, monuments, bridges, fountains and monuments, as well as water wheels, clocks, canon carriages etc., and simple machines such as levers, pulleys and screws. It also provides detailed information about the use of artillery, with tables of angles and distances. The text is divided into 3 parts, the first covering mechanics in six chapters, the second statics and the third practical applications. An appendix gives instructions for determining the centre of gravity of an object.In very good condition, with only a small stain in the gutter margin of 1 leaf. The binding has a small chip at the head of the spine, a tear in one paste-down and a few worm holes in the endpapers, but is still very good. A practical handbook of mechanical devices, with hundreds of illustrations.l ICCU (6 copies); Riccardi II, col. 427; WorldCat (1 copy); cf. Roberts & Trent, Bib. mechanica, pp. 290-291.
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- Asher Rare Books
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- Title
- Scuola mecanico-speculativo-pratica in cui si esamina la proporzione, che ha la potenza alla resistenza del corpo grave; per l'uso civile, e militare utile e necessaria ad ogni matematico, ingegnerio, architetto, machinista, e bombardiere, ... Edizione prima Veneta.Venice, Antonio Mora, 1745. Folio. With engraved frontispiece and 12 numbered engraved plates with hundreds of figures. Contemporary sheepskin parchment.
- Author
- SCALETTA, Carlo Cesare
- Book Condition
- Used
- Keywords
- [KCVDN0K9X7XL] MILITARY HISTORY|[KCVDN0K9X7XL] MILITARY HISTORY -> [L1FNK169TV4U] Armory, Military Science & Technology|[KCVDN0K9X7XL] MILITARY HISTORY -> [KCVE6ENMXKKO] Military History 18th Century|[E51AD6E3D609] SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY|[E51AD6E3D609] SCIE
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About Asher Rare Books
Dealers in rare books and manuscripts since 1830. Located in 't Goy, near Utrecht in the Netherlands.
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
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- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
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