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A mathematical perception on cartwheels View picture(s) 1 AENEAE, Henricus. Wiskundige beschouwing van een hellend water-scheprad, nieuwlings door den heer A.G. Eckhardt in 's Haage uitgevonden. Waar in de voordelen van dit rad boven het gewoone scheprad wiskundig betoogd, en teffens de nadeelen, waar aan het onderheeevig zoude kunnen zijn, in overweeging genomen worden, en de middelen aangetoond hoe dezelve weg te neemen of te verhelpen zijn. Amsterdam, Gerrit Warnars, 1774. 8vo. With 7 engraved folding plates showing parts of a cartwheel. XVI, 34 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 18th Century  Dutch  Hydraulics  Mathematics  Science  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Two masterpieces of Dutch hydraulic engineering View picture(s) 2 BARNARD, John Gross. Report on the North Sea Canal of Holland; and on the improvement of navigation from Rotterdam to the sea; to the chief of engineers, United States army. (Professional papers of the corps of engineers, U.S. army. No. 22). Washington D.C., U.S. Government Printing Office, 1872. 4to. Contemporary brown half morocco, reddish-brown cloth sides gold-blocked with the title and the coat of arms of the United States Army Corps of Engineers. With 12 plates numbered as 11 (all but 1 folding and 1 printed in red and black) containing maps, plans, sections, construction drawings of equipment and locks, etc.. Further with a half title, title-page, preface, and list of plates. 77, [3 blank] pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: America [North]  Hydraulics  Maps - 19th Century  Rotterdam  Science  Technology  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Early plan to connect the Atlantic with the Pacific oceans; with the often lacking map View picture(s) 3 BASTIDE, Martin (de) la. Mémoire sur un Nouveau Passage de la Mer du Nord à la Mer du Sud. Paris, De l´Imprimerie de Didot fils aîné, 1791. 8vo. Original wrappers. With a large folding engraved map showing the greater part of Nicaragua, including the big lakes, parts of Costa Rica, the river systems (River St. Juan), mountain ranges, and the more important cities and volcanoes: 'Carte du Lac de Nicaragua et de la Rivière St. Juan sur laquelle on a marqué le passage proposé pour faire communiquer l'Ocean à la Mer du Sud', dated 1791. (4), 70 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 18th Century  America [Central]  Hydraulics  Navigation  Pacific  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Ocean waves, flooding & hydraulic engineering, well-illustrated View picture(s) 4 EMY, Amand Rose. Ueber die Bewegung der Wellen und über den Bau am Meere und im Meere. ... Aus dem Französischen übersetzt von C. Wiesenfeld, ... Mit 10 Kupfertafeln [sic]. Vienna, Ludwig Förster's artistischer Anstalt (on reverse of title-page: printed by J.P. Sollinger), 1839. 8vo. 19-century blue cloth, red spine label. With 10 folding lithographic plates (23 x 39 to 54 cm) with 75 figures showing diagrams of wave forms and motions, and plans and cross-sections of coasts, man-made barriers, buildings, hydraulic devices, etc. Set in fraktur types. [2], XIV, 242, [2] pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 19th Century  Engineering  Hydraulics  Physics  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Profusely illustrated late 18th-century manual on hydraulics View picture(s) 5 LANGSDORF, Karl Christian. Lehrbuch der Hydraulik mit beständiger Rücksicht auf die Erfahrung. Altenburg, Richterschen Buchhandlung, 1794. Large 4to. Contemporary half calf, spine with red and green morocco title label lettered in gold. With 5 folding, 22 double-page and 24 full-page plates, numbered I-LI, including waterwheels, water mills, a large fire hose, water works, etc., engraved by Cöntgen, Mainz. (2), CX, 655 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: 18th Century  German  Hydraulics  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Very rare treatise on the invention of a new kind of waterwheel View picture(s) 6 PEREBOOM, Cornelis. Het leggend waterrad. Met plaaten. Monnickendam, Age Volkerse, for the author, 1808. 4to. Contemporary marbled wrappers. With 3 full-page numbered engraved plates. 14, (2 blank) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Engineering  Hydraulics  Mills  Science  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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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 View picture(s) 7 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. 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. Full description >> Related Subjects: Engineering  Hydraulics  Science  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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The Trollhätta falls depicted View picture(s) 8 SKJÖLDEBRAND, Anders Frederik. Description des cataractes et du canal de Trollhätta en Suède avec un précis historique. Stockholm, Charles Delén, 1804. 8vo. Contemporary blue wrappers. Title, aquatint title, 12 numbered aquatint plates, of which one map titled: 'Carte du fleuve Götaelf aux environs des cataractes de Trollhätta', all in sepia and signed by Skjöldebrand, interleaved with tissueguards. (1), 47, (2) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Aquatints  Hydraulics  Mountaineering  Scandinavia  Sweden  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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On the use of two newly invented watermills View picture(s) 9 [BENTINCK, J.G. (Ed.)]. Verzameling van stukken betrekkelijk de staand-en hellend schepradmolens, behelzende, de, met dezelve, op hoog gezag, op onderscheidene tijden en plaatsen genomene proefmalingen; en eenige autentike rapporten en attesten omtrent het effect der bestaande hellend-schepradmolens. Amsterdam, J.G. Bentinck, 1822. Sm. folio. Contemp. half calf, spine gilt, red title label. With 8 full-page tables with measurements based on experiments with mills and waterworks. VI, 114, (3) pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Architecture  Hydraulics  Netherlands  Technics  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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To make rivers navigable and methods to rescue the cargo of sunken ships View picture(s) 10 [BOUILLET] and Johann Rudolph FÄSCH (translator). Tractat von den Mitteln die Flüße schiffbar zu machen. Dresden, Johann Christoph Kraus for the author, 1728. 8vo. Wrappers with title in ink on spine and front cover. With title in red and black, 12 folding engraved plates. [16], 112 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Engineering  Hydraulics  Science  Ships & Shipbuilding  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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Controlling the natural conditions of rivers and seas View picture(s) 11 [SILBERSCHLAG, Johann Esaias]. Abhandlung vom Wasserbau und Strömen. Leipzig, Johann Wendler, 1756. 8vo. Contemporary mottled calf with gold tooled & ribbed spine, red label with title lettered in gold on spine, marbled endpapers, red edges. Woodcut vignette on title with 13 folding engraved plates, 2 factotums (woodcut intials) and with two woodcut headpieces. (10), 246 pp. Full description >> Related Subjects: Earth Sciences [Geology]  Engineering  Hydraulics  Natural History  Science  Theology  Add to Shopping cart E-mail a Friend

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