The use of the geometrical playing-cards, as also a discourse of the mechanick powers by Monsi. Des-Cartes ; translated from his own manuscript copy ; shewing what great things may be performed by mechanick engines in removing and raising bodies of vast weights with little strength or force.
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| dc.contributor.author | Descartes, René, 1596-1650. |
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| dc.date.created | 1697 |
| dc.date.issued | 2013-12 |
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| dc.description.abstract | Translation of: Traité de la mécanique. After p. 85 there are fifty-two playing cards, illustrated with geometric designs. Reproduction of original in Yale University Library. Imperfect: t.p. and p. 85 badly mutilated and mounted. |
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| dc.subject.lcsh | Mechanics -- Early works to 1800. |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Geometry -- Early works to 1800. |
| dc.title | The use of the geometrical playing-cards, as also a discourse of the mechanick powers by Monsi. Des-Cartes ; translated from his own manuscript copy ; shewing what great things may be performed by mechanick engines in removing and raising bodies of vast weights with little strength or force. |
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| identifier.ee | Descartes, René, 1596-1650. http://dx.doi.org/10.13051/ee:bio/descarene0001288 |
| identifier.lccn | Descartes, René, 1596-1650. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79061201 |
| identifier.stc | Wing D1137 |
| identifier.stc | ESTC R17477 |
| otaterms.date.range | 1600-1699 |
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