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Rare mathematical study on the construction of sun-dials

WELPER, Eberhard.
Gnomonica, oder Gründlicher Unterricht und Beschreibung, Wie man allerhand Sonnen-Uhren auf ebenen Orten künstlich aufreissen und leichlich verfertigen soll &c. Zum andermal aufgeleget und Mit nutzlichen Anmerkungen, wie auch Dem Andern Theil, vermehret, Durch einen Liebhaber der Mathematischen Wissenschaften (J.C. STURM).

With fine engraved mathematical allegorical frontispiece, 2 titles within a decorative woodcut frame, 16 engraved plates, one folding, and one repeat added at the end, in the first part, and tables in text, and numerous mathematical illustrations and figures on 13 folding engraved plates, numbered A-N, in the second part.

With fine engraved mathematical allegorical frontispiece, 2 titles within a decorative woodcut frame, 16 engraved plates, one folding, and one repeat added at the end, in the first part, and tables in text, and numerous mathematical illustrations and figures on 13 folding engraved plates, numbered A-N, in the second part.

With fine engraved mathematical allegorical frontispiece, 2 titles within a decorative woodcut frame, 16 engraved plates, one folding, and one repeat added at the end, in the first part, and tables in text, and numerous mathematical illustrations and figures on 13 folding engraved plates, numbered A-N, in the second part.

With fine engraved mathematical allegorical frontispiece, 2 titles within a decorative woodcut frame, 16 engraved plates, one folding, and one repeat added at the end, in the first part, and tables in text, and numerous mathematical illustrations and figures on 13 folding engraved plates, numbered A-N, in the second part.

With fine engraved mathematical allegorical frontispiece, 2 titles within a decorative woodcut frame, 16 engraved plates, one folding, and one repeat added at the end, in the first part, and tables in text, and numerous mathematical illustrations and figures on 13 folding engraved plates, numbered A-N, in the second part.



Nuremberg, Paulus Fürstens, 1672. 2 parts in 1 vol. Small 4to. Contemporary vellum, with ties. With fine engraved mathematical allegorical frontispiece, 2 titles within a decorative woodcut frame, 16 engraved plates, one folding, and one repeat added at the end, in the first part, and tables in text, and numerous mathematical illustrations and figures on 13 folding engraved plates, numbered A-N, in the second part. (12), 88; 74, (2) pp.

Rare mathematical study on the construction of sun-dials by Eberhard Welper, here newly published with useful observations and enlarged with a second part by Johann  Christoph Sturm. The original work by Welper, nor other work by Welper is found recorded in Poggendorff, Honeyman, Wheeler Gift, etc., nor is the author to be found in the "Nouvelle Biographie Générale", the "Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie", the "Dictionary of Scientific Biography", etc. Works by the new editor, J.C. Sturm, are found recorded but not the present one, while Sturm also is being treated in the biographies, although not in the "Dictionary of Scientific Biography". Only the BMC lists several works by Welper, including the present renewed edition by Sturm.
Johann Christoph Sturm (1635-1703), professor in Physics and Mathematics at the University of Altdorff, published a considerable number of scientific and philosophical works, corresponded with the learned men of his time, and greatly contributed to the expansion of scholarly interest in physics in Germany, a.o. being the first to found a Chair for experimental physics at the University. He enjoyed international fame as a scientist, but as a philosopher he was an eclectic.

Good copy of a rare work.- (Occasionally browned)
BMC 8561 aaaa 3 otherwise not recorded

Related Subjects: Mathematics  Science  Sundials 

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