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Debrecen, Hungary: Gregory Kallai [Per Gregorium Kallai], 1757. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Hatvani (1718-1786) was one of the well-known professors of the Calvinist College of Debrecen. His interesting and colorful character stirred the imagination of writers and poets, who invented stories about Hatvani's scientific experiments in order to attribute [to] him magic power. He got the name Hungarian Faust...Hatvani was the first professor at the Calvinist College who made physical and chemical experiments at his lectures. He lectured on mathematics, geometry, philosophy, physics, and astronomy..."-Tunde Kanotor-Varga, Mathematical Gems of Debrecen. Hatvani studied mathematics with J. & D. Bernoulli. This is the more important of the two books he wrote on mathematics. It is also the first Hungarian work on statistics. He presents tables for births in Debrecen for the years 1750 to 1753. Finding the mortality rate to be higher that other European countries he seeks medical reasons. This… Read More

Aldershot, England: Variorum, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine. xii, 320 pages. Facsimile reprints of Hall's publications on Newton, including the long essay, Correcting the Principia. First edition (first printing). A fine hardcover copy. No dust jacket.

Berlin and London: Ferd. D. Dümmler and Asher & Co, 1865. First English Language Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 559 pages. Translated by the author from the second German edition. Brunnow was a German astronomer who served as the director of the Detroit Observatory from 1854 to 1863, where he introduced advanced European astronomical concepts to the US. He translated his Lehrbuch der sphärischen Astronomie into English upon his return to Germany. This is Brünnow's major work, which went through five editions in German and was widely translated. First English-language edition. A very good copy with some foxing and spotting to the pages. Both hinges are reinforced with binding tape. Spine somewhat faded, with light fraying to the publisher's cloth at the top and bottom of the spine.