Poggendorff, t. II, col. 460-463; Zeitlinger-Sotheran, n\u00b013387; DSB, XI, pp.6.<\/i><\/p>\n
The rare first edition of the important work on celestial mechanics.<\/p>\n
Dedicated to the King Charles-Albert of Sardinia, this edition is printed on heavy paper.<\/p>\n
“[Plana’s] study of the moon was inspired by Barnaba Oriani, director of the Brera Observatory in Milan. Oriani had suggested the he and Francesco Carlini, who had done geodesic work with Plana, should attempt to compile reasonably precise lunar tables solely on the basis of the law of universal gravity – that is, using only the observational data essential to determine the arbitrary constants of the problem. Plana soon quarried with Carlini, who withdrew in disgust; and Plana succeeded alone, after almost twenty years. The results were presented in the three-volume Th\u00e9orie du mouvement de la lune (Turin 1832)… of notable scientific and philosophical value” (DSB).<\/p>\n
The additional volume contains three offprints by Plana, taken from M\u00e9moires de l’Acad\u00e9mie des sciences de Turin, S\u00e9rie II, tome XVIII<\/i> sq.:<\/p>\n
– M\u00e9moire sur l’\u00e9quation s\u00e9culaire du moyen mouvement de la Lune. Turin, Imprimerie Royale, 1856.<\/i> 59 pp. of which the last two pages contain the errata for La Th\u00e9orie du Mouvement de la Lune.<\/p>\n
– Recherches historiques sur la premi\u00e8re explication de l’\u00e9quation s\u00e9culaire du moyen mouvement de la Lune d’apr\u00e8s le principe de la gravitation universelle. Turin, Imprimerie Royale, 1857.<\/i> 80 pp.<\/p>\n
– Sur la th\u00e9orie de la Lune. Lettres \u00e0 Mr John W. Lubbock. Communiqu\u00e9es \u00e0 l’Acad\u00e9mie des Sciences de Turin le 25 Novembre 1860. Turin, Imprimerie Royale, 1860.<\/i> 26 pp.<\/p>\n
Very nice untrimmed copy in the original printed boards. Some occasional foxing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Together 4 volumes, 4to (289 x 212 mm) 6 nn.ll., XVI pp., 4 nn.ll. (including last blank), 794 pp. for volume I; 5 nn.ll., 865 pp., 1 nn.l. (colophon) for volume II; 4 nn.ll., 856 pp., 1 nn.l. (colophon) for volume III. Supplement: 59pp.; 80pp.; 26pp. Original publisher’s boards for volumes I to III (slightly dusty, light wear to corners), the supplement in private boards (portion of spine msising).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":72897,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[550],"product_tag":[1317,1318],"class_list":{"0":"post-72902","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-science","7":"product_tag-astrology","8":"product_tag-watchmaking","9":"pa_auteur-plana-giovanni-antonio-amedeo-2","10":"pa_type-de-livre-printed-book","12":"first","13":"instock","14":"shipping-taxable","15":"purchasable","16":"product-type-simple"},"acf":{"artist":" Giovanni Antonio Amedeo PLANA","chapeau":"","adresse_bibliographique":"Turin, Imprimerie Royale, 1832 & 1856-1860","book_type":"Printed book","provenance":"","afficher_prix":""},"yoast_head":"\n