Meditatio de natura Centri Oscillationis, ejusque in Pendulis composites, tam quae in Liquoribus quam in Vacuo agitantur, determinandi Regula, novo et certiori quam hactenus fundamento suffulta. - [BERNOULLI ON THE COMPOUND PENDULA]

Leipzig, Grosse & Gleditsch, 1714. 4to. In: ""Acta Eruditorum Anno MDCCXIV"". The entire volume offered in contemporary full vellum. Hand written title on spine. A yellow label pasted on to top of spine. A small stamp to title-page and free front end-paper. Library label to pasted down front free end-paper. As usual with various browning to leaves and plates. Pp. 257-72 + one engraved plate. [Entire volume: Pp. (2), 565, (41) + four engraved plates.].

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First printing of this influential Bernoulli-paper on the compound pendula. This paper is one of the earliest examples of his work collected under the title ""dynamics"". This group of works were written over a span of thirty years in which he occupied himself both with compound pendula, the study of trajectories and laws of dynamics. His early papers, including the present, are usually regarded as being ""provocative and verbose"". (Villagio. Die Weke Von Johann I Und Nicolaus II Bernoulli. P. 29).Bernoulli had earlier published studies on the compound pendula, but he had been stimulated to reconsider the problem by Leibnitz (Ibid.). The offered volume contains many other papers by influential contemporary mathematicians, philosophers and historians.