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THE MOST COMPLETE COMPENDIUM ON THE TECHNICAL SCIENCES OF THE ERA
Leupold, Jacob
Theatri statici universalis, sive Theatrum staticum, Das ist: Schau-Platz der Gewicht-Kunst und Waagen, Enthält nicht nur Die nöthigsten Fundamenta solcher Wissenschafft und Kunst, sondern erkläret auch selbige durch unterschiedliche Machinen und Instrumenta, stellet dabey vor: Alle Arten der Cramer-Gold-Silber-Probier-Schnell-Heu- und andern curieusen Wagen [...]
Leipzig: Christoph Zunkel, 1726.
FIRST EDITION. 4 parts in one volume
Folio,13 1/3 x 8 7/8 inches (337 x 228 mm); half title, title printed in back and red, 57 copperplate engravings, thus divided:
Theatrum Staticum Universalis, 1726, half title, blank, title, blank, dedication to Charles VI (3), Foreword (3), Contents (2), 92 pp + 19 plates;
Theatrum Hydrostaticum pp. title (blank), [2], 197 – 236, + 7 plates,
Theatrum Aërostaticum: title (blank), contents (2), 24(1) – 308, + 23 plates
Theatrum Horizontostaticum: title (blank), Contents (1 + blank), pp. 313 – 332, Index (3), Errata, + 8 plates.
Contemporary half-binding in brown leather with speckled boards, spine with gilt decorations in compartments and gilt title; contemporary leather binding with gilt decorations in compartments on spine and gilt title; edges red; corners bumped and some scratches on boards; binding tight and square with a surface split at title page. Pages clean and supple with very light and even toning. Stamps of the Royal Engineering Artillery Library of Hanover on half title and title pages.
[Poggendorf I, 1438; Ferguson p. 45-46.
The Theatrum Staticum Universalis is the 6th volume of the 10-volume magnum opus of Jacob Leupold (1674 – 1727). It is extensively illustrated with copper plate engravings that fold out so that they can be viewed while consulting the text. What is particularly striking is the strong systematization that is lacking in most works of this period. The technical devices are always described in such a way that the isolated basic elements are first explained and then placed in their functional context. The illustrations show, among other things, draw wells, water wheels, pumping stations, excavators, pumps, valves and fountains.
Leupold was a German physicist, mathematician, instrument maker, engineer and was director of mines to the Elector of Saxony. His seminal work Theatrum Machinarum Generale ("The General Theory of Machines") was published in Leipzig between 1724 and 1739, with the last volumes issued after his death. The Theatrum was the first systematic analysis of mechanical engineering, the most complete and the most extensively illustrated work on mechanical engineering hitherto published. It included, ahead of its time, a design for a high-pressure non-condensing steam engine, the likes of which were not built until the early 19th century.
- Dimensions:Height: 13.27 in (33.7 cm)Width: 8.98 in (22.8 cm)Depth: 1.58 in (4 cm)
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