| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 222 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Heritage |
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Heritage.
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| Contents |
Introduction -- The Dialogue on mechanics -- The first day : the subject and principles of mechanics -- The second day : The principles of motion -- Notes to the edition -- Appendix : the holograph fragment on the subject of mathematics -- Notes to the appendix -- Glossary |
| Summary |
Laird sets Moletti's Dialogue within the historical background of medieval and Renaissance mechanics, sketches the life and works of Moletti, and analyses the arguments and the geometrical theorems of the Dialogue |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Introduction in English; text in Italian with English translation on facing pages |
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed April 11, 2016) |
| Subject |
Mechanics -- Early works to 1800
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SCIENCE -- Mechanics -- General.
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SCIENCE -- Mechanics -- Solids.
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Mechanics
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| Genre/Form |
Early works
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Laird, Walter Roy, 1950-
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| ISBN |
9781442658677 |
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1442658673 |
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