A Description of an Apparatus for explaining the Principles of Mechanicks
- Made:
- 1762
- maker:
- George Adams
A Description of an Apparatus for explaining the Principles of Mechanicks made for His Majesty King George the Third by George Adams, Mathematical Instrument Maker to His Majesty In Fleet Street, London 1762 / [George Adams. Text makes copious references to the works of Helsham, Desaguliers, Gravesande, Nollet, Newton et al. Almost all sheets are double (48.5 x 69cm.) folded to 48.5 x 34.5cm., and all are housed in a portfolio. With 4p. (loose) of figures re Gravesande's experiments. A photocopy volume of this work is available at the same archive shelfmark. 134p. on 69 sheets]