Lot 109: ACCADEMIA DEL CIMENTO -- MAGALOTTI, Lorenzo (1637-1712). Saggi di naturali esperienze fatte nell'Accademia del Cimento . Florence: Giuseppe Cocchini, 1667. 2° (350 x 239mm). Half title, title printed in red and black, engraved portrait of Gran

ACCADEMIA DEL CIMENTO -- MAGALOTTI, Lorenzo (1637-1712). Saggi di naturali esperienze fatte nell'Accademia del Cimento. Florence: Giuseppe Cocchini, 1667. 2° (350 x 239mm). Half title, title printed in red and black, engraved portrait of Gran Duke Ferdinand II of Tuscany by Lotaringus after François Spierre, 75 engraved full-page illustrations of experimental apparatus, engraved head- and tailpieces (D3 with repaired long tear, a few leaves browned, light spotting, upper corner at end lightly waterstained). Contemporary vellum (lightly soiled).

FIRST EDITION, SECOND ISSUE of the only publication of the earliest scientific society which was extremely active during the ten years of its existence (1657-1667) and which was highly influential through its experiments and discoveries. Among other scientific achievements, the Saggi contains a description of the first true thermometer and hygrometer, describes an improved barometer, and also gives results of classic experiments on air pressure, sound velocity, phosphorescence and the expansion of water on freezing. The Academy limited itself to only ten members, including Galileo's pupil Vincenzi Viviani, Giovanni Borelli and Francesco Redi. Krivatsy 25; Wellcome IV, p.23.

Science and Natural History

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