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2 mathematical essays by Giovanni Plana, presentation copy

PLANA, Giovanni Antonio A.
[Drop title]: Équation de la courbe formée par une lame élastique, quelles que soient les forces qui agissent sur la lame.
Including: Mémoire sur l'intégration des équations linéaires aux differences partielles du second et du troisième ordre.
[Turin, Félix Galetti, 1811?]. 4to. With folding engraved plate by Amati & Tela. Contemporary wrappers. 56 pp.
€ 3,500
An offprint of 2 mathematical essays by the Italian astronomer and mathematician Giovanni Antonio Amedeo Plana (1781-1864), on the equation of a curve formed by an elastic string and on the integral equation. With a hand-written dedication on the front wrapper to "Monsieur Deleuret Capt. du corps Imperial du Génie". The essays were originally published in Mémoires de l' Academie des Sciences, Litterature et Beaux Arts XVIII (1811).
"Plana is generally considered one of the major Italian scientists of his age because, at a time when the quality of instruction at Italian universities had greatly deteriorated, his teaching was of the highest quality, quite comparable with that of the grandes écoles of Paris, at which he had studied" (DSB).
In good condition with the wrappers slightly wrinkled. Liste des ouvrages ... par le Baron Jean Plana, in: Bull. des science math. et astron. vol. 5 (1873), p. 5 no. 2-3; WorldCat (2 copies); for the author: DSB XI, pp. 6-7; Poggendorff II , 460-463.
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