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4 Teile in 1 Bd. 77 S., 1 Bl., 118 S., 1 Bl., 59 S., 1 Bl., 56 S., 1 Bl. 32 gefalt. Kupfertafeln. Kl.-4°. Mod. Pp. mit Buntpapierbezügen.

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Erste Ausgabe dieser vom ehemaligen Aufseher der Sternwarte in Graz und späterem Professor der Mathematik in Wien verfassten Monographie zu Optik welches durch seine Verbreitung der astronomischen Erkenntnisse und Theorien des Roger Joseph Boscovich (Rugjer Josip Boškovic) von Bedeutung ist. - Wurzbach XXIX, 214 f. Poggendorff II, 791. - "Karl Scherffer, an Austrian mathematician, physicist and astronomer applied Boškovic?s results in all his works; in optics at the time Boškovic was in Vienna in 1757 and was especially inspired by his works on micrometer of which he informed the director of the Trnava planetarium F. Weiss, Scherffer?s introduction of Boškovic served for Ignjat Martinovic?s achievements in optics published in Lavov. Scherffer used Boškovic?s mathematics textbook in teaching favoring it before others. He introduced Boškovic?s mathematical results into his work especially Boškovic?s conic theory. In the second edition of physics Scherffer widely uses not only Boškovic?s theory but also a number of his scientific results published in numerous Boškovic?s works. In astronomy too, Scherffer applied Boškovic?s methods and results with emphasis on theoretical astronomy. An Austrian astronomer J. Paccassi having come across Scherffer?s textbook first learnt about Boškovic?s method of determining comet paths and applied it in its calculation. Scherffer also used Boškovic?s results in his work on mechanics and as we see there was nothing he did without Boškovic?s assistance. In 1763 Scherffer?s textbook on physics became compulsory at the Trnava University and that was how Boškovic?s ideas and results spread throughout Slovakia and Hungary. It especially goes for physicist Antun Radic who at the time worked in Trnava and wrote a separate work on Boškovic?s theory. All in all, Scherffer greatly contributed in spreading Boškovic?s scientific results in the countries of Austro-Hungarian monarchy" (Žarko Dadic, The Contribution of Karl Scherffer in Spreading Boškovic?s Scientific Results [Abstract]. Anali Zavoda 1989). - Titel mit hs. Nummer. Unbeschnitten. Kaum gebräunt oder fleckig.