The physical treatises of Pascal
Subtitle: the equilibrium of liquids and the weight of the mass of the air
By: translated by I.H.B. and A.G.H. Spiers, with an introduction and notes by Frederick Barry.
Contributors: Barry, Frederick, 1876- ed.; Spiers, Isidore Henry Bowles, tr.; Spiers, Alexander Guy Holborn, joint tr.; Stevin, Simon, 1548-1620.; Galilei, Galileo, 1564-1642.; Torricelli, Evangesta, 1608-1647.
Series: Records of civilization, sources and studies...; No. XXVIII
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 1937
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 181
Subjects: Hydrostatics.; Air.; Atmospheric pressure.
Table of contents: title: A treatise on the equilibrium of liquids.; title: Treatise on the weight of the mass of the air.; title: Fragments of other works by Pascal.; title: Experiments on the equilibrium of fluids.; title: Appendices: Fourth book of statics, by Simon Stevin. Fifth book of statics, by Simon Stevin. Galileo's remarks on nature's abhorrence of a vacuum. Torricelli's letters on the pressure of the atmosphere.; title: Bibliographical note (p. [171]-173)