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Opere del cavaliere Lvca Danesi : cioè, vn discorso sopra l'innondatione, che fà il fivme Tevere nella città di Roma ; vn discorso del cavo Contarino nel ferrarese alla punta d'Ariano ; vn trattato di geometria pratica ; vn trattato di mecaniche cauate dal Galilei

Danesi, Luca, 1598-1672 · 1670 · In Ferrara : Per Giulio Bolzoni Giglio stampatore episc. · 48 pictures

A 1670 Italian collection of treatises by Luca Danesi, a Ferrara printed work on Tiber floods, practical geometry and mechanics drawn from Galileo, aimed at engineers and students of the mathematical arts. Its pictures are small geometric diagrams of lettered points, lines, arcs and right triangles, plus a pulley-like mechanical figure with weights, drawn in plain line work that a designer could reuse as schematic motifs.

Floods -- Italy -- Rome · Geometry -- Early works to 1800 · Mechanics -- Early works to 1800 · Motion

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