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Verhandeling van de sphaerische of klootsche zonne-wysers; namelyk, hoe men op een sphaera convexa, of ronde kloot, allerley zonnewysers meetkonstig beschryven kan.Leeuwarden, Jacques Alexandre de Chalmot, 1761. 8vo. With 50 figures on 21 folding engraved plates by Jan Caspar Philips. Later half vellum, made from early materials.
by KNOOP, Johann Hermann
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[10], 244, [8] pp.First and only edition of an important work on spherical sundials by the Dutch mathematician Johann Hermann Knoop (1700-1769). It describes how to measure and construct different types of sundials, including one inside a hollow half sphere, and a "gnomic" armillary sphere. The plates, engraved by Jan Caspar Philips (1690-1775), depict these sundials. They are bound at the end of the text and can be folded out while consulting the text.Knoop was curator of the gardens of Princes Maria Louisa in Leeuwarden, and taught mathematics in the same city.With two small stamps and a shelf label on title-page. Title-page browned and thumbed, with a water stain in the foot margin, margins slightly browned throughout, with a few small spots. Otherwise in good condition, wholly untrimmed and with most bolts unopened. Binding in very good condition.l Bierens de Haan 2521.
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- Verhandeling van de sphaerische of klootsche zonne-wysers; namelyk, hoe men op een sphaera convexa, of ronde kloot, allerley zonnewysers meetkonstig beschryven kan.Leeuwarden, Jacques Alexandre de Chalmot, 1761. 8vo. With 50 figures on 21 folding engraved plates by Jan Caspar Philips. Later half vellum, made from early materials.
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- KNOOP, Johann Hermann
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