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PRONY, Gaspard de

Nouvelle architecture hydraulique, Contenant l'art de lever l'eau au moyen de différentes machines, de construire dans ce fluide, de le diriger, et généralement de l'appliquer, de diverses manieres, aux besoins de la société

Paris
Firmin Didot
1790/96

€450 - €700

4°, 2 vols., XII, 621, (3), 72; (2), 203, (1), 38 pp., 54 engr. fold. plates, contemp. unif. gilt hcalf w. 2 contrasting mor. letterpieces, both vols. library stamp/ ticket on title-p.. spine-ends sl. rubbed

Roberts & Trent, Bibliotheca Mechanica p.267-268: ""First appearance of this compendious work on hydraulic architecture (...) It presents rational mechanical and engineering principles, using Lagrange's analysis to demonstrate theories of statics, dynamics, and hydrodynamics. (...)"". Poggendorf II, 534-536

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