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Mechanica hydraulico-pneumatica
No prior complete English translation of this text has been found.
Extensive searches across multiple scholarly and library catalogs (including local catalogs, OpenAlex, and the Library of Congress) yielded no evidence of an English translation of Gaspar Schott's 'Mechanica hydraulico-pneumatica' (1657). The work is frequently cited in academic literature regarding the history of science, but no English edition exists.
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Gaspar Schott turns the raw forces of air and water into a mechanical playground. You will discover how 17th-century thinkers balanced the desire for perpetual motion against the hard, unyielding laws of physics.