RICHELOT, F. J.

Eine neue Lösung des Problems der Rotation eines festen Körpers um einen Punct.

Berlin, G. Reimer, 1852. 4to. In the original printed wrappers, without backstrip. In "Journal für die reine und angewandte Mathematik, 44 Band, 1. Heft, 1852". Fine and clean. Pp. ; Pp. 60-65. [Entire volume: IV, 92 + 1 plates.].

First printing of Richelot's paper on the rotation of a solid body.
Richelot was a student of Jacobi. Richelot authored numerous publications among them - with his 1832 dissertation - the first known guide to the Euclidean construction of the regular 257-gon with compass and straightedge.

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