Author: VARIGNON, P.
Title: Elemens de mathematique de Monsieur Varignon, des academies Royales des sciences de France... Elemens de Geometrie.
Description: Paris, Chez Pierre Michel Brunet, fils, Grand'- Salle du Palais, ai cinqième Pilier, au Saint Esprit., 1731. 4to. 2 parts in 1 vol. W. woodc. vign. on title and 22 engr. pls. 19th century hlf. clf. w. spine label over paste paper brds.. (XII, 66; 155, IX pp.). (Tear in title page restored). DSB vol. XIII, pp. 584 - 587: Pierre Varignon (1654-1722). "From the papers he left at his death, most of which are now lost, his disciples assembled several posthumous works:...'Elemens de mathematique' (1731) which was based on his courses at the Collège Mazarin'.: Pogg. II, 1175/8: Comp. Roberts/Trent pp. 337/9: "Varignon was admired by LaGrange, who empahasized his importance in promoting the principle of virtual velocities...and in the matter of composition of forces, which he published simultaneously with Newton and Lamy. "Cantor II, 526/7: (On the 2nd. part) "...,eine Geometrie von überall durchblickender Eigenart, die philosophische Geistersrichting ihres Verfassers dadurch zu erkennen gebend, dass sie den Definitionenen und Axiomen ein grosses Gewicht beiliegt und ...sich manche Neuerung gestattet.".: Comp. En français dans le texte, 123, pag. 143. Good copy.

Keywords: 17th c mathematics history science Toon geometry W63 behandelen