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COQUILHAT, Casimir-Erasme (SIGNED). Cours élémentaire.
Lot 156

COQUILHAT, Casimir-Erasme (SIGNED). Cours élémentaire.

Estimate: $1,000 - $2,000
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COQUILHAT, Casimir-Erasme (1811-1890). Cours élémentaire sur la fabrication des canons en fonte et en bronze, et des projectiles...
Publisher: F. Renard, Liege. 1855, 1856, and 1858.

Signed by author, all three volumes.

3 volumes. 8vo. Half-bound leather with marbled boards. Black ruled and gilt title on spine.

Vol. 1: 164 pp., 11 folding plates.
Vol. 2: 124 pp., 12 folding plates (out of order).
Vol. 3: 296 pp., 22 folding plates.

Each volume is H: 9 x W: 6 1/8 x D: 1 1/8 in.


Coquilhat was the first to develop the mathematical formula for rocket propulsion, which determines its performance in a vacuum. This formula was rediscovered by Konstantin Tsiolkovsky over 20 years after Coquilhat.

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Poor. Spine and corners of volumes are rubbed and bumped, with slight losses. Library sticker label on spines. Boards scuffed. Slight foxing and browning throughout.

Embossed stamp on all volumes: "Artilleriet."

Pencil inscription of "ID 101" library number on interior front board.

Ink initials "K. A. B. B." on interior boards of all volumes.

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From the Estate of John A. Davidson, Jr. Proceeds to benefit the APL of Lorain County and the Dittrick Museum, CWRU.

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