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New designs for locks and a dredging machine, beautifully illustrated. Dedication copy for the founder of the Dutch watermanagement department C. Brunings

REDELYKHEID, Cornelis.
De Nieuw Uitgevonden Sluis met in- en uitschuivende Deuren, uitgevonden, beschreven en in 't ligt gebragt tot Nut en Dienst van 't Algemeen, en ter Bevordering van Konsten en Weetenschappen.- IDEM. De Nieuw Uitgevonden Diep-Machine, uitgevonden, beschreven en in 't ligt gebragt tot Nut en Dienst van 't Algemeen, en ter Bevordering van Konsten en Weetenschappen.

With numerous illustrations on the construction of a lift-lock on 6 folding engraved plates after drawings  by the author engraved by F. or C. de Bakker in the first  work, and on the construction of a dredging-machine on 3 folding engraved plates after drawings  by the author engraved by C.J. de Huyser in the second work.

With numerous illustrations on the construction of a lift-lock on 6 folding engraved plates after drawings  by the author engraved by F. or C. de Bakker in the first  work, and on the construction of a dredging-machine on 3 folding engraved plates after drawings  by the author engraved by C.J. de Huyser in the second work.

With numerous illustrations on the construction of a lift-lock on 6 folding engraved plates after drawings  by the author engraved by F. or C. de Bakker in the first  work, and on the construction of a dredging-machine on 3 folding engraved plates after drawings  by the author engraved by C.J. de Huyser in the second work.

With numerous illustrations on the construction of a lift-lock on 6 folding engraved plates after drawings  by the author engraved by F. or C. de Bakker in the first  work, and on the construction of a dredging-machine on 3 folding engraved plates after drawings  by the author engraved by C.J. de Huyser in the second work.

With numerous illustrations on the construction of a lift-lock on 6 folding engraved plates after drawings  by the author engraved by F. or C. de Bakker in the first  work, and on the construction of a dredging-machine on 3 folding engraved plates after drawings  by the author engraved by C.J. de Huyser in the second work.



The Hague, Amsterdam, for the author, Hendrik Christ. Gutteling, Yntema & Tieboel, 1774. 2 works in one. Folio. Contemporary half calf, spine ribbed with title lettered in gold. With numerous illustrations on the construction of a lift-lock on 6 folding engraved plates after drawings  by the author engraved by F. or C. de Bakker in the first  work, and on the construction of a dredging-machine on 3 folding engraved plates after drawings  by the author engraved by C.J. de Huyser in the second work. XII, 26; XI, (1), 18 pp.

First editions of two important new inventions in water-engineering by the famous Dutch mechanical engineer and inventor Cornelis  Redelykheid, active in the second half of the eighteenth century. He received the sum of one thousand gold ducates from the Dutch government in reward for the successful demonstration of the lift-lock with sliding locks described in the first work. This encouraged him to invent, build and demonstrate the new invented dredging machine described in the second work. Both mechanical inventions are clearly explained and extensively illustrated on large plates, all after designs of the author.
This copy is a presentation copy for the founder of the Dutch watermanagement department 'Bureau Waterstaat' (later 'Rijkswaterstaat') Christiaan Brunings (1736-1805), water-engineer. He was appointed 'inspecteur generaal des lands rivieren' (inspector general of the rivers & waterways) in 1769 and founded 'Bureau Waterstaat' in 1798.

Good, uncut copy, with ms. dedication by the author to C. Brunings, 'inspecteur generaal des lands rivieren' (inspector general of the rivers & waterways).- (Library stamp on title; binding rubbed; spine with old paper library label; some browning and foxing).
Bierens de Haan 3902 and 3900.

Related Subjects: Engineering  Hydraulics  Science 

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