See Roberts & Trent, p. 217 (for the furst edition of the works, Leiden 1717) and DiLaura, 183 (for first edition of La Nature des Couleurs) ; DSB, IX, 114-122.<\/i><\/p>\n
Re-issue with a new titlepage of the first collected edition of the works. It contains “most of Mariotte’s published papers, together with the Trait\u00e9 du mouvement des pendules<\/i>, which Huygens possessed in manuscript form and had given to the University of Leyden” (Roberts & Trent).<\/p>\n
Mariotte covered a wide range of subjects, including physics, botany, mechanics, colour theory and logic. “La nature des couleurs<\/i> presents an extensive catalog of experimental results on refraction, prismatic colors, the composition, shape, and intensity of spectra, and the geometric conditions involved. Using these results, Mariorte examined Descarte’s proposal of variously rotating particles, Newton’s proposal of the heterogneity of white light, and the much older idea that light is modified by interaction with material such as water or glass” (DiLaura). Volume II contains his important study of hydraulics (Trait\u00e9 du mouvement des eaux<\/i>).<\/p>\n
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2 volumes 4to (253 x 193 mm) 5 nn.ll. (no half-title), 320 pp., 13 engraved folding plates (numbered 1-12, and 4bis) for volume I ; 2 nn.ll., (titrl and index), pp. [321]-701 (pagination of pages 567-599 omitted), 17 nn.ll. (the final leaf with publisher’s catalogue), 13 engraved folding plates (numbered 13-25) for volume II. Contemporary marbled calf, triple filet in blind on covers, spine gilt with raised bands, red edges (some overall light wear).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":83524,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[550],"product_tag":[590,1323,1339,1335,1315],"class_list":{"0":"post-83535","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-science","7":"product_tag-botanical","8":"product_tag-general-botany","9":"product_tag-general-physics","10":"product_tag-physics","11":"product_tag-science","12":"pa_auteur-mariotte-edme-2","13":"pa_type-de-livre-printed-book","15":"first","16":"instock","17":"shipping-taxable","18":"purchasable","19":"product-type-simple"},"acf":{"artist":" Edme MARIOTTE","chapeau":"","adresse_bibliographique":"La Haye, Jean Neaulme, 1740","book_type":"Printed book","provenance":"","afficher_prix":""},"yoast_head":"\n