Roger Cotes: Cambridge Lectures on Hydrostatics and Pneumatics

Scope and Content

17 lectures on hydrostatics and pneumatics, with the label 'Hydrostaticks. MS' (352pp.). The arrangement of lectures in the MS does not correspond with the arrangement in the published edition.

Access Information

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Acquisition Information

Book plate of John, [3rd] Earl of Bute; purchased at Christie's, 15 MAR 1995 (Bute Library sale), lot 334

Other Finding Aids

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Additional Information

Contemporary marbled boards, calf spine.