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Author Oresme, Nicole, approximately 1320-1382.

Title Nicole Oresme and the medieval geometry of qualities and motions; a treatise on the uniformity and difformity of intensities known as Tractatus de configurationibus qualitatum et motuum. / Edited with an introd., English translation, and commentary by Marshall Clagett.

Publication Info. Madison : University of Wisconsin Press, 1968.

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Location Call No. Status OPAC Message Public Note Gift Note
 Moore Stacks  QA32 .O6813 1968    Available  ---
Description xiii, 713 pages : illustrations, 18 facsimiles ; 25 cm.
Series The University of Wisconsin publications in medieval science
University of Wisconsin publications in medieval science.
Note The text in Latin and English on opposite pages. The first printing of the complete text based on 14 extant MSS. in European libraries.
Bibliography Bibliography: pages 639-650.
Contents Nicole Oresme and the De configurationibus qualitatum et motuum -- The configuration doctrine in historical perspective -- The composition of the De configurationibus -- The manuscripts and text of the De configurationibus.
Subject Geometry -- Early works to 1800.
Geometry.
Chronological Term Early works to 1800
Subject Mechanics -- Early works to 1800.
Mechanics.
Science, Medieval.
Science, Medieval.
Genre/Form Early works.
Added Author Clagett, Marshall, 1916-2005, editor.
Added Title Tractatus de configurationibus qualitatum et motuum. English & Latin https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2011073168
Medieval geometry of qualities and motions.