GALILEI GALILEO Mathematical Discourses concerning Two New S

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GALILEI, GALILEO. Mathematical Discourses concerning Two New Sciences relating to Mechanicks and Local Motion. Engraved plate. xi, [1], 360, 369-497, [1] pages; lacks the final ad leaf. 4to, 258x200 mm, disbound; title browned with stain in lower outer corner, last page soiled and partly dampstained, contents otherwise clean. Perforated stamp of Franklin Institute on title and 3Q1. London: Samuel Baker, 1734

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first edition of this translation of Galileo's 1638 Discorsi e Dimostrazioni Mathematiche; second issue, with title reset. An earlier English version appeared in Thomas Salusbury's 1665 Mathematical Collections and Translations. 'Galileo's last work represents the first systematic attempt to extend the mathematical treatment of physics from statics to kinematics'—Norman 859 (original edition).