Franckfurt und Leipzig, Rengerischen Buchhandlung, 1730-32. 8vo. Bound in 2 contemp. full vellum. A stamp on titlepage (Greve Scheel). Engraved portrait. Titlepage in red/black. (18),1934, (44 Register zu alle vier Theile) pp.+ 165,(9) pp. (Kurtzer Unterricht). With 121 folded engraved plates with numerous figs.
The work treats 20 different disciplines in mathematical physich, astronomy, mathematics, optics etc. etc.
At Halle, Wolff lectured on mathematics and algebra, building and fortification, as well as experimental and theoretical physics; a glimpse of the kind of courses given may be obtained from one of the earliest writings of this period, his popular handbook "Anfangsgründe alter mathematischen Wissenschaften".
Poggendorff II:1355.
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