B chapter.indd - Charles Babbage Institute - University of Minnesota
B chapter.indd - Charles Babbage Institute - University of Minnesota
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Erwin Tomash Library<br />
Bion, Nicholas Bion, Nicholas<br />
Binding: contemporary mottled calf<br />
Pagination: pp. [8], 392<br />
Collation: π 4 A–3C 4<br />
Size: 240x185 mm<br />
Reference: Bru MLAL I, p. 950; Pogg Vol. I, pp. 194–95; Dau<br />
HTI, 389; DSB II, pp. 132–133<br />
The text <strong>of</strong> this, the third edition, is identical to the second<br />
(1716), containing the same additional sections that Bion<br />
had included there. It has a new frontispiece illustrating<br />
the use <strong>of</strong> some <strong>of</strong> the simpler instruments.<br />
Illustrations available:<br />
Title page<br />
Frontispiece<br />
Artillery instruments<br />
Pendulum clock<br />
Fortifications<br />
B 158<br />
Bion, Nicholas (ca.1652–1733)<br />
B 157<br />
Traité de la construction et des principaux usages des<br />
instrumens de mathematique.<br />
Year: 1752<br />
Place: Paris<br />
Publisher: C.A. Jombert & Nion fils.<br />
Edition: 4th<br />
Language: French<br />
Figures: engraved frontispiece; engraved portrait; 37 engraved<br />
folding plates<br />
Binding: contemporary leather; gilt spine<br />
Pagination: pp. [8], 460<br />
Collation: π 4 A–3L 4 3M 2<br />
Size: 250x192 mm<br />
Frontispiece, B 157<br />
Fortifications, B 157<br />
This fourth edition was published after Bion’s death in<br />
1733, the printing being supervised by his son. It uses the<br />
same frontispiece as the second edition (1716) but also<br />
includes an idealized engraved portrait <strong>of</strong> Bion—done<br />
posthumously (c. 1740) by De Larmessin, the King’s<br />
engraver. The content <strong>of</strong> the second edition has been<br />
further augmented with an additional <strong>chapter</strong> to Book<br />
6 on octants and other astronomical instruments; two<br />
very small additions to Book 7 (dignified by being given<br />
their own <strong>chapter</strong>); and a completely new Book 9, which<br />
describes a miscellaneous collection <strong>of</strong> devices from<br />
water pumps to burning glasses.<br />
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