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BERNOULLI, Daniel (1700-1782). Hydrodynamica, sive de viribus et motibus fluidorum commentarri . Strassburg: Johann Heinrich Decker for Johann Reinhold Dulssecker, 1738. 4 o (254 x 200 mm). Title printed in red and black. Engraved vignette on title-page, 12 folding engraved plates by Johann Martin Weis (1711-1751). (Title soiled, some minor light browning and pale spotting.) Modern sheep-backed boards. Provenance : library stamp on title-page verso (partially removed). FIRST EDTION of Bernoulli's most famous work. His Hydrodynamica , a term he himself introduced, contains his formulae for calculating the velocity, duration and quantity of liquid issuing from an opening in a container. It also contains chapters on water oscillations, a theory of machinery (including an extensive treatment of the screw of Archimedes), and an important section which introduces his kinetic gas theory. The penultimate chapter states Bernoulli's famous equation, now used in hydraulics and fluid dynamics. Sotheran I, 350; Norman 215.