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Träxl, Franz. Exercitatio Hydrostatica. De immersione solidorum in liquida, ac varii generis Corporum ponderatione in fluidis, aliisque consectariis accom(m)odata cum ad Hodiernae Physices studium, tum ad usum vitae civilis.

With 1 folding Table. 41 unn. leaves. 8vo. Brocaded paperboards. – Lucerne, Jodocus Franciscus Jacobus Wyssing, 1774.

First edition. Treatise on the displacement of liquids by various solid volumes, with theoretical explanations and exercises. Dissertation by mathematician Franz Träxl (1725–1784) supervised by the Lucerne philosopher Franz Xaver Römer. – Some wear to edges of binding, stain on top end of back board. Spine worn. – Best.-Nr. 27224