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HACHETTE (Jean Nicolas Pierre)
An Elementary Treatise on Mac…
See original version (French)
191
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HACHETTE (Jean Nicolas Pierre)
An Elementary Treatise on Mac…
See original version (French)
Estimate €200 - €300
Voluntary lot
Description
HACHETTE (Jean Nicolas Pierre)
An Elementary Treatise on Machines. Paris; Saint Petersburg, Klostermann fils, n.d. [1811].
Quarto, paperback: XIX, (1), 306 pp.; 28 fold-out plates at the end (12 pl. + VI + 7 pl. + 3 suppl. (A–C)). Copy with full margins.
Soft cover in old rose, with a plain protective slipcase.
A rare first edition of this scientific anthology on mechanics, offering a synthesis of the knowledge of the time on hydraulic machines, windmills, fans, fire- and steam-powered machines, gear-driven machines and turbines…
Hachette is regarded as the principal successor to Gaspard Monge, whom he replaced at the École Polytechnique.
His famous pupils included Poisson, Arago and Fresnel.
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