[Physics] Musschenbroek, P. van. Essai de physique
Avec une description de nouvelles sortes de machines pneumatiques, et un recueil d'expériences. Leyden, S. Luchtmans, 1739. 2 vols., XXV,(3),502; (2),503-914,(28),63,(1),8,(2) p., 34 fold. engr. plates, contemp. unif. gilt calf w. mor. letterpiece, 4to.
Bookplate Ant. Louis on pastedown. First vol. sl. waterstained (mostly in top margin). Bibliotheca Mechanica p. 232: "One of the best 18th-cent. introductions to Newtonian physics, this book is filled with interesting experiments and problems. The first part is devoted to general mechanics, hydrostatics, electricity, and magnetism, while the second part treats of optics, acoustics, comets, and winds (...)".