Recherches Experimentales Sur L'Eau et le Vent Consideres Comme Forces Motrices Applicables Aux Moulins et Autres Machines a Mouvement Circulaire, &c.

SMEATON John.

Published by Paris: Chez Courcier, Imprimeur-Libraire pour les Mathematiques,, 1810

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The first French edition. Quarto (26 x 21cm). Translated from the enlarged second English edition of 1794 by M.P.S. Girard, being originally published in 1759. 'Smeaton received the Royal Society's Copley medal for this work. The first outstanding engineer to use cast iron to any extent, Smeaton made use of it in the construction of windmills, water wheels & pumps'- Roberts & Trent. pp. [iv],xxviii,102,[2]. With five folding copper plates. Bound in contemporary continental blind-patterned boards with label (which is slighty chipped), gilt. VG. [Roller & Goodman II, 439; Querard IX, 191; Roberts & Trent 297: DSB XII, 463]. Seller Inventory # 10786

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Title: Recherches Experimentales Sur L'Eau et le ...

Publisher: Paris: Chez Courcier, Imprimeur-Libraire pour les Mathematiques,

Publication Date: 1810