BOSSUT, Charles. Traité élémentaire d'hydrodynamique : Ouvrage dans lequel la théorie et l'expérience s'éclairent ou se suppléent mutuellement ; avec deux notes sur plusieurs endroits qui ont paru mériter d'être appronfondis. 1775.

Paris, Claude-Antoine Jombert, 1775.

Two 8vo (198x121 mm), (4)-xxxvii-(1)-396 pages and 9 plates / (4)-444 pages and 7 plates.  binding : Contemporary full mottled sheep, spine gilt in six compartments, red edges, marbled endpapers. Binding a little rubbed, caps and corners worn. Joint splitting but sound. Some waterstains. Small repair with tape on margin of page 438 of Part 2. 

references: Bibliotheca Mathematica [p.46 : "This work is essentially an outgrowth of the hydrodynamics part of Bossut's course in mathematics. The first volume provides an excellent picture of the state of knowledge at Bossut's time. The experimental data presented in the second volume were largely new, and noteworthy even today are his comments on the difficulty of large-scale experiments versus the falsity of those on too small a scale"].

Price : 400 €