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79. Mascheroni, Lorenzo.
Nuove ricerche sull'equilibrio della volte. Bergamo, 1785.
Not now owned by the University.
Lorenzo Mascheroni (1750-1800) was a mathematician and professor
of philosophy who worked at Bergamo, Milan, and Paris.
Kimball (p. 96) says Jefferson acquired this book between 1785
and 1789. Sowerby quotes a letter from Jefferson in which he says the
book "appears to be a very scientifical work." This edition is the first.
Jefferson's copy was sold to Congress. It was not ordered for the
University. The library has several of Mascheroni's books on geometry
but has not yet acquired this work.
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