NOUVELLE MECANIQUE ou STATIQUE, dont le Projet fut donné en 1687
Auteur(s) : VARIGNON (Pierre)
Description : 2 vol. in-4, S. l., 1725, with 64 plates, 2 vols. 4to. contemporary calf gilt (fine copy), with bookplate of Philip 2nd Earl Stanhope, F.E.S., 14s 172-5 Dedicated to Sir Isaac Newton. ' He simplified the proofs of many of the leading propositions in mechanics, and recast the treatment of the subject, basing it on the composition of forces.' IT. W. R. Ball.