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4to (243 x 184 mm) title, 57 pp., 1 engraved folding plate. Modern calf-backed boards.
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Poggendorf, II, 97.
First edition of the work that won the prize of the Royal Academy of Science for 1726, and published in Pièces de Prix de l’Académie des Sciences.
In this essay by Mazières, the author tried to prove that the universe is filled with a fluid matter (“matière subtile, extrêmement fluide et agitée”).
The matter would be composed of small spheres which would react like a spring creating the perpetual planetary movement.
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