BACON, Roger (ca. 1214- ca . 1294). Opus majus . Edited by Samuel Jebb. London: William Bowyer 1733. 2 o (378 x 236 mm). Title printed in red and black, 2 engraved folding plates, folding table. Contemporary calf (rebacked, corners repaired, some wear). Provenance : E. Copleston (contemporary signature on title-page). FIRST EDITION. Written in the 13th-century, this encyclopaedic work contains the results of Bacon's researches, and stands as one of the most important scientific and philosophical works of the Middle Ages. "Bacon wrote on optics, stating the laws of reflection and, in a general way, of refraction and the rainbow. He also described magnifiying glasses and a vacuum-globe balloon. He wrote on chemistry and advocated use of chemistry in medicine; he described gun-powder. He stressed the importance of experiment as the fundamental principle in the study of nature and the use of mathematics in explaining astronomy and physics" (Dibner). Dibner Heralds in Science 76; Wellcome II, 83; Norman 99.
BACON, Roger (ca. 1214- ca . 1294). Opus majus . Edited by Samuel Jebb. London: William Bowyer 1733. 2 o (378 x 236 mm). Title printed in red and black, 2 engraved folding plates, folding table. Contemporary calf (rebacked, corners repaired, some wear). Provenance : E. Copleston (contemporary signature on title-page). FIRST EDITION. Written in the 13th-century, this encyclopaedic work contains the results of Bacon's researches, and stands as one of the most important scientific and philosophical works of the Middle Ages. "Bacon wrote on optics, stating the laws of reflection and, in a general way, of refraction and the rainbow. He also described magnifiying glasses and a vacuum-globe balloon. He wrote on chemistry and advocated use of chemistry in medicine; he described gun-powder. He stressed the importance of experiment as the fundamental principle in the study of nature and the use of mathematics in explaining astronomy and physics" (Dibner). Dibner Heralds in Science 76; Wellcome II, 83; Norman 99.
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