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POLENI, GIOVANNI. 1683-1761. Miscellanea, hoc est I. Differtatio de barometris, & thermometris, II. Machinae Arithmeticae, ejusque usus descriptio, III. De Sectionibus conicis parallelorum in horologiis solaribus tractatus. Venice: Alvise Pavani, 1709.
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POLENI, GIOVANNI. 1683-1761.
Miscellanea, hoc est I. Differtatio de barometris, & thermometris, II. Machinae Arithmeticae, ejusque usus descriptio, III. De Sectionibus conicis parallelorum in horologiis solaribus tractatus. Venice: Alvise Pavani, 1709.
4to (217 x 155 mm). Engraved allegorical vignette to title of reason taming the savage beast, 9 engraved folding plates. Modern boards, custom cloth clamshell case.
Provenance: Erwin Tomash (bookplate); The Erwin Tomash Library on the History of Computing, Sotheby's September 18-19, 2018; the Computer History Collection of Serge Roubé.
FIRST EDITION. Poleni discusses barometers, thermometers and sundials, but, most interestingly, the mechanical pinwheel calculator that he had built. It is one of the first printed descriptions of such a device.
4to (217 x 155 mm). Engraved allegorical vignette to title of reason taming the savage beast, 9 engraved folding plates. Modern boards, custom cloth clamshell case.
Provenance: Erwin Tomash (bookplate); The Erwin Tomash Library on the History of Computing, Sotheby's September 18-19, 2018; the Computer History Collection of Serge Roubé.
FIRST EDITION. Poleni discusses barometers, thermometers and sundials, but, most interestingly, the mechanical pinwheel calculator that he had built. It is one of the first printed descriptions of such a device.

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