Beschrijving
Amsterdam, P. van den Hengst, 1795, viii,178 pages, no binding, attractive engraved frontispiece J. Kuyper/D. Vrijdag, obituary of Pieter Nieuwland (5 November 1764, Diemermeer – 14 November 1794, Leiden) was a Dutch nautical scientist, chemist, mathematician, and poet. During his life he was known as a child prodigy and has been called the Dutch Isaac Newton.