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with in preliminary; Preliminary Considerations on the Constitution of Solid Bodies
1. Dynamics: Mobility and inertia - Simple movement - Compound movement - Movement disturbed by an unshakeable obstacle - Communication of movement by shock - Obstacles which oppose the conservation of movement - Of gravity - Of gravity modified by a resistance - Of the simple pendulum - Of movement in a curved line - Of the movement of heavy bodies subjected to an impulse - Of the center of gravity - Of the movement of the center of gravity - Of the movement of rotation - Of the spontaneous center of rotation, and of the centers of oscillation and percussion - Of the principal axes -
2. Statics: Of equilibrium considered in itself - Of moments - Of machines in general - Of ropes - Of the lever - Of the compound lever - Of the balance, of the roman, etc. - Of the pulley - Of the wheels - Of the winch and the capstan - Of the toothed wheels - Of the inclined plane - Of the screw - Of the wedge - Of compound machines - Of friction in machines - Of the stiffness of ropes - Notes -
Joseph Mollet, was a French mathematician and physicist. -
From 1800, he was a member of the Academy of Sciences, Belles-Lettres et Arts of Lyon (then called Athénée) and professor of mathematics and physics at the central school of the Rhône department.
"In 1803 he built an improved pneumatic lighter Tachypyrion (Greek, rapid lighter), which was produced by the Dumotiez brothers from the following year -"
Joseph Mollet - Physical Mechanics - 1818
viii + 472 pages -
Good condition of the binding, book in its period brown half leather with white corners, lower right joint cracked on a few centimeters, stained covers, decorated spine, marbled edges, gilt title -
Good condition inside, rare soiling, rather fresh paper work adorned with 4 thin folding plates -
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