F. Marini Mersenni ... Cogitata physico mathematica : in quibus tam naturae quàm artis effectus admirandi certissimis demonstrationibus explicantur

Mersenne, Marin, 1588-1648 · 1644 · Parisiis : Sumptibus Antonii Bertier ... · 41 pictures

Mersenne's 1644 Cogitata physico-mathematica is a Latin treatise on physics, mathematics, navigation and music theory, printed in Paris by Antoine Bertier for a learned scholarly readership. Its pictures are geometric diagrams with lettered points, scales, curves and construction arcs, and a designer might borrow their precise line work and compass-and-straightedge structure for technical graphics.

Science -- Early works to 1800 · Navigation -- Early works to 1800 · Music theory -- History -- 16th-17th centuries

Internet Archive · Fisher - University of Toronto · Public domain (published before 1931) · More from this library