D'AUBUISSON DE VOISINS, (J.F.).

Traité Hydraulique, a L'Usage des Ingenieurs.

Paris, F.G. Levrault, 1834. Contemp. hcalf, gilt spine. Very slightly rubbed. A small crack to hinge at lower compartment. XII,,564,(2) pp. and 4 large folded engraved plates. Some scattered brownspots, mainly to first and last leaves.

First edition. The work is "called the first didactic work on Hydraulics, this text was widely read, passing through many editions, annd was translated into English and German. In the cause of his professional activities,d'Aubuisson had occasion to reflect on many problems of Hydraulics, and he summarized his thought in the present work. In the advertisement, d'Aubuisson states that the purpose of the ook is to provide engineers with the rules that must direct in the projects which the may have to address on the conduct of waters, on their work, and on hydraulic machines." ( Bibliotheca Mechanica p. 18).

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