[Science] Bacon, Sir Francis. Historia naturalis et experimentalis de ventis etc. Leiden, Franciscum Hackium, 1648. 12mo. [16], 232 plus index pp. Contemporary full vellum, title in ink on spine. Engraved title, woodcut head pieces. [Gibson, 110a]On the motion of the atmosphere - winds Sotheran noted that this volume was "important as collecting all the facts and theories known on the subject (of winds), and especially as the first to point out the deflextion of winds caused by the earth's rotation (Coriollis force). Minor toning, occasional library embossed stamps to endpapers.

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