Borelli's on the movement of animals : on the natural motions resulting from gravity /: on the natural motions resulting from gravity. ([2014])

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: On the movement of animals; On the natural motions resulting from gravity
• Further Information: Note: Giovanni Alfonso Borelli ; translated by Paul Maquet.
• Authors: Borelli, Giovanni Alfonso, 1608-1679
• Other Names: Maquet M., Paul translator.
• Contents: Foreword of G.A. Borelli to the Reader; Contents; Chapter 1: There Are Movements of Sublunary Bodies in a Fluid Environment, Which Nobody Dealt with so Far; Chapter 2: On the Moments of Consistent and Fluid Heavy Bodies Floating in Fluids; Supposition I; Supposition II; Supposition III; Supposition IV; Proposition I; Proposition II; Proposition III; Proposition IV; Proposition V; Corollary I; Corollary II; Proposition VI; Proposition VII; Proposition VIII; Proposition IX; Proposition X; Corollary; Proposition XI; Proposition XII. Chapter 3: Every Fluid Body Among Those Which Rest on the Surface of the Earth is Heavy and Exerts the Force of Its Gravity, E ... Proposition XIII; Proposition XIV; Proposition XV; Proposition XVI; Proposition XVII; Proposition XVIII; Proposition XIX; Proposition XX; Proposition XXI; Proposition XXII; Proposition XXIII; Proposition XXIV; Proposition XXV; Proposition XXVI; Proposition XXVII; Proposition XXVIII; Proposition XXIX; Proposition XXX; Proposition XXXI; Proposition XXXII; Proposition XXXIII; Proposition XXXIV; Proposition XXXV; Proposition XXXVI; Proposition XXXVII. Chapter 4: There Is No Positive Lightness in the Nature of ThingsProposition XXXVIII; Proposition XXXIX; Proposition XL; Proposition XLI; Proposition XLII; Proposition XLIII; Proposition XLIV; Proposition XLV; Proposition XLVI; Proposition XLVII; Proposition XLVIII; Proposition XLIX; Proposition L; Proposition LI; Proposition LII; Proposition LIII; Proposition LIV; Supposition V; Supposition VI; Proposition LV; Proposition LVI; Proposition LVII; Proposition LVIII; Proposition LIX; Proposition LX; Proposition LXI; Proposition LXII; Proposition LXIII; Proposition LXIV; Proposition LXV. Proposition LXVIProposition LXVII; Proposition LXVIII; Proposition LXIX; Proposition LXX; Proposition LXXI; Proposition LXXII; Proposition LXXIII; Proposition LXXIV; Proposition LXXV; Proposition LXXVI; Proposition LXXVII; Proposition LXXVIII; Proposition LXXIX; Proposition LXXX; Proposition LXXXI; Proposition LXXXII; Proposition LXXXIII; Proposition LXXXIV; Proposition LXXXV; Proposition LXXXVI; Proposition LXXXVII; Proposition LXXXVIII; Definition I; Definition II; Supposition VII; Supposition VIII; Proposition LXXXIX; Proposition XC; Proposition XCI; Proposition XCII; Supposition IX. Proposition XCIIISupposition X; Proposition XCIV; Proposition XCV; Proposition XCVI; Proposition XCVII; Proposition XCVIII; Proposition XCIX; Chapter 5: On the Structure, the Gravity, the Equilibrium and the Elastic Force of Air; Proposition C; Proposition CI; Proposition CII; Proposition CIII; Proposition CIV; Proposition CV; Proposition CVI; Proposition CVII; Proposition CVIII; Proposition CIX; Proposition CX; Proposition CXI; Corollary; Proposition CXII; Proposition CXIII; Proposition CXIV; Proposition CXV; Proposition CXVI; Proposition CXVII; Proposition CXVIII; Proposition CXIX.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2014
• Copyright Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (xiv, 292 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 531/.11; History; Motion -- Early works to 1800; Gravity -- Early works to 1800; Animal locomotion -- Early works to 1800; SCIENCE -- Mechanics -- General; SCIENCE -- Mechanics -- Solids; Animal locomotion; Gravity; Motion; Medical -- History; History of medicine; Medicine; Science -- History; History of science; Electronic books; Early works
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319085364; 3319085360; 3319085352; 9783319085357
• Related ISBNs: 9783319085357
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed November 6, 2014).
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