N.A., HAECHT, J. VAN.
Elementa arithmeticae et algebrae. Tabulum logarithmorum, pro numeris naturali ferie cresentibus. Geometria elementaria et practica, quam in usum auditorum philosophiae nova methodo.
Lovanii, Typographia Academica, 1774 - 1784.
With 15 foldable engravings. (II) 134, CXII, (IV) 158, (XVI) pp. Halfleather binding with marbled textblock. 4°. *library stickers on frontboard, library stamp and name on endpaper, library code on title page, endpapers, titlepage and illustrations a bit foxed, some annotations in pen in Latin, good condition*
Elementa arithmeticae et algebrae is attributed to Jan Frans Thysbaert (1736, Waasmunster - 1825, Harelbeke). In 1771, Thysbaert founded the School of Experimental Physics in Louvain. Thysbaert is credited with the modernization and professionalization of the study of physics in Belgium. As a part of this effort he wrote and commissioned new course books, three of which are collected in this convolute. These text underline the importance of mathematics for the experimental approach of physics. The engravings are by C.H. Becker. With these illustrated course books the transformation from natural philosophy to physics at the university of Louvain was complete (Vanpaemel, 'De natuurwetenschappelijke gravures' in: Ex Cathedra. Leuvense collegedictaten van de 16de tot de 18de eeuw).
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