Plate 2 of the Recueil d' ouvrages curieux de mathématique et de mécanique..., Gaspard Grollier de Seviere II, French, 1677 - 1745, Etienne Joseph Daudet, French, 1672 - 1730, Engraving on white laid paper, Three mechanical objects, numbered 4, 5, and 6. The base of figure 4 is similar in design to figure 2 of Plate 1. The object, a solid ball inside a pierced one, is similar to one in figure 3, Plate 1. Figure 5 looks as if it may be fitted inside figure 6. Both are cylindrical in shape, figure 6 with a round bulge space at the bottom. These devices are pointed like tops; figure 4 looks as if it were meant to spin in some manner., France, 1732, Print, Print
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Plate 2, Recueil d' ouvrages curieux de mathématique et de mécanique.., Gaspard Grollier de Seviere II, French, 1677 - 1745, Etienne Joseph Daudet, French, 1672 - 1730, Engraving, white laid paper, Three mechanical objects, numbered 4, 5, 6, base, figure 4, design, figure 2, Plate 1, object, solid ball inside, pierced, figure 3, Plate 1, Figure 5 looks, if, fitted inside figure 6, cylindrical, shape, figure 6, round bulge space, bottom, devices, pointed, tops, figure 4 looks, if, meant, spin, manner, France, 1732, Print
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