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Le Operazioni del Compasso Geometrico et Militare (Operations of the Geometric and Military Compass; facsimile of 1606 edition on CD-ROM)
by Galilei, Galileo (English translation by Stillman Drake; introduction by Filippo Camerota)
- Used
- very good
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket (as issued)
- ISBN 10
- 1891788973
- ISBN 13
- 9781891788970
- Seller
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Berkeley, California, United States
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About This Item
Padua (Oakland: Octavo), 1606; 2004. 1st edition. Other Binding. Very Good/No Jacket (as issued). VG (as new, except for abrasion to back cover label). Digital facsimile (in electronic PDF format on CD-ROM disc; this is not a printed book) of the first edition of this exceptionally rare (fewer than 10 copies known) early work by Galileo Galilei, from a copy in the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection at the Library of Congress. Galileo's "geometrical and military compass" (or sector) was a mathematical device -- a sort of calculating ruler based on the principle of proportional magnitudes -- that brought speed and accuracy to computations about armaments and their trajectories. Its employment, however, extended well beyond the battlefield. It was widely used for rapid and complex calculations of proportion, volume, and square or cube roots, well before the advent of logarithmic tables -- and eventually the slide-rule and computer. Galileo's little book, privately printed in an edition of a mere sixty copies, is now extremely rare. This Octavo Edition contains detailed digital images (may be magnified at up to 800% of original size) of every page of the original edition (photographed as if the actual book were open before the viewer) as well as Stillman Drake's authoritative English translation (fully searchable) and a new introduction by science historian Filippo Camerota. This Octavo Edition is in Adobe PDF format on CD-ROM and is compatible with Windows and Macintosh systems.
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- Philip Smith, Bookseller
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8VGACG03
- Title
- Le Operazioni del Compasso Geometrico et Militare (Operations of the Geometric and Military Compass; facsimile of 1606 edition on CD-ROM)
- Author
- Galilei, Galileo (English translation by Stillman Drake; introduction by Filippo Camerota)
- Format/Binding
- Other Binding
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket (as issued)
- Edition
- 1st edition
- Binding
- Unknown
- ISBN 10
- 1891788973
- ISBN 13
- 9781891788970
- Publisher
- Padua (Oakland: Octavo)
- Date Published
- 1606; 2004
- Keywords
- Galileo Galilei Stillman Drake Filippo Camerota Operazioni del Compasso Geometrico et Militare Operations of the Geometric and Military Compass Renaissance Italy Science 1891788973 Armaments Computing Calculators Computers Octavo Editions Digital Library
- Bookseller catalogs
- Octavo Editions;
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Philip Smith, Bookseller
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About Philip Smith, Bookseller
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