The Principles of Mechanics, To Which is Now Added, An Appendix; Containing Explanatory Notes, Illustrations, and Observations. (William Barton Rogers's copy)

Emerson, William

London: Knight and Lacey, 1825. Folding frontispie, 1825

Original boards, rebound in white parchment binding. Illustrated with eighty-three copper plates, many folding. Foxing. Early library MIT stamp (1891).  From the library of MIT's founder, William Barton Rogers.  Rogers has signed the FEP and title page. William Barton Rogers was a noted geologist, physicist and professor. He is best known for founding the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and for helping to establish the AAAS.