Sold for:
$180
$180
Emerson, William (1701-1782) The Principles of Mechanics . London: for Innys and Richardson, 1754. First edition, octavo, illustrated with thirty-two folding engravings of machines, mechanical devices and other inventions, all plates with breaks along the folds, many detached, but all present, a good candidate for restoration, in full library buckram. Emerson, who published this work anonymously, was primarily a mathematician and a schoolteacher, and the first section is filled with the formulas he used in formulating his devices. A practical mechanical physicist, he always worked with models, and never advanced an untested design.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2012-11-18
