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  • Q.F.F.Q.S. Dissertatio gradualis, De gravitate corporum terrestrium / quam , consensu ampliss. facult. philosoph. in Reg. Academ. Upsal. sub praesidio ... Dn. Samuelis Klingenstierna ... ; publico examini modeste subjicit, Arvidus Arvidi Roman, Nericius, in Audit. Carol. Min. ad d. 17 Junii, anni MDCCXXXVII. horis ante meridiem consuetis
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Q.F.F.Q.S. Dissertatio gradualis, De gravitate corporum terrestrium / quam , consensu ampliss. facult. philosoph. in Reg. Academ. Upsal. sub praesidio ... Dn. Samuelis Klingenstierna ... ; publico examini modeste subjicit, Arvidus Arvidi Roman, Nericius, in Audit. Carol. Min. ad d. 17 Junii, anni MDCCXXXVII. horis ante meridiem consuetis

Object Details

Notes
Head- and tail-pieces; initial.
Signatures: A⁸ B⁴ C².
The final p. is blank.
Dissertation--Uppsala, 1737 (A. A. Roman, respondent).
Also available online.
SCDIRB copy 39088012071189 has old, illegible ms. ink annotations on final p.
SCDIRB copy has bookplate: Smithsonian Institution Libraries. Purchased from the Special Collections Endowment.
SCDIRB copy is unbound, with old sewing, and housed in an archival envelope for preservation; originally acquired by SIL inserted in an old marbled paper wrapper, together with the dissertations De gravitate aëris (Uppsala, [1732]) and De gravitate lunae (Stockholm, [1734]), both having Klingenstierna as praeses.
SCDIRB copy 39088012071189 has bookplate: Smithsonian Libraries Adopt-a-Book program. Adopted by Peter Bedini in memory of Silvio A. Bedini on November 14, 2017.
Elecresource
Data Source
Smithsonian Libraries
Date
1737
[1737]
Call number
QB334 .K55 1737
praeses
Klingenstierna, Samuel 1698-1765
respondent
Roman, Arvidus Arvidi
Type
Electronic resources
Physical description
27, [1] p. 15 cm. (8vo)
Title
Dissertatio gradualis, De gravitate corporum terrestrium
Topic
Gravity
Record ID
siris_sil_789040
Usage
CC0

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