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GRAVESANDE, WILLEM JACOB VAN 'S. Physices elementa mathematica,experimentis confirmata; sive, Introductio ad philosophiam Newtonianam . . . editio quarta, auctior et correctior. 127 folding engraved plates. [4], lxxxii, [2], 572; [2], [573]-1073 pages. 2 volumes. 4to, 250x190 mm, contemporary mottled sheep gilt with morocco lettering pieces, upper cover corners worn through, Volume 1 spine wormed, covers chafed, Volume 2 spine chipped at top; worming in blank gutters in Volume 1, with some leaves loose in middle of volume. Leiden: Johann Arnold Langerak et al., 1748
Fourth edition of a textbook of physics originally published in 1720-21, "a very influential exposition of Newtonianism (with an emphasis on experimental verification). It was the first such work to appear on the Continent"--Gascoigne 527. DSB V, 509-10; Babson 65 (1728 edition); Wallis 82.4 (this edition).
