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000525562 1001_ $$aSwitzer, Stephen,$$d1682-1745.
000525562 24010 $$aIntroduction to a general system of hydrostatics and hydraulicks
000525562 24513 $$aAn universal system of water and water-works,$$h[electronic resource] :$$bphilosophical and practical. In four books. Faithfully digested, from the most approv'd writers on this subject, by Stephen Switzer. Containing I. An Historical Account of the Chief Water-Works that were and are remarkable in Ancient and Modern Times; more particularly the Roman Aqueducts, &c. and the Honour they have contributed to the respective Places where they have been used. II. The Different Hypotheses which have been laid down concerning the Original and Rise of Springs; of the Good and Bad Properties of Water; the Best Manner of Discovering and Searching for Springs; and the Taking of True Levels, in order for the Conducting Water to its several intended Uses. III. Hydrostatical Experiments (relating to the Motion of Water) selected from the Most-Celebrated Foreign and English Authors, more particularly Boyle, Hooke, Wallis, Lowthorpe, &c. Also the full Description and Uses of Mechanical Engines for the Forcing Water to great Heights, and applying the same to the Watering Gentlemens Seats and Gardens, in a better Manner than any hitherto extant. IV. Some Curious Disquisitions concerning the Vacuum of the Ancients; the Gravitation of Fluids; the Elasticity, Dilatation, and Compression of Air; the best Methods of Conveying Water, and for making Reservoirs, Basons, Cascades, Cataracts, Rural Grotesque Canals, Fountains, and all Kinds of Ornamental Water-Works. V. A Collection of Desions for this Purpose from the most eminent Masters, finely Engraven on Sixty Copper-Plates. In two volumes.
000525562 260__ $$aLondon :$$bprinted for Thomas Cox, at the Lamb, under the Royal Exchange,$$cMDCCXXXIV. [1734]
000525562 300__ $$a2v.([6],xxxii,[4],274,10,[8],275-413,[15]p.),plates ;$$c4⁰.
000525562 500__ $$aA reissue of : 'An introduction to a general system of hydrostaticks and hydraulicks', 1729, with a cancel titlepage.
000525562 500__ $$aWith ten pages of 'Notes on Book II. Chap 10', signed A, after p.274 ; otherwise pagination and register are continuous.
000525562 500__ $$aReproduction of original from British Library.
000525562 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users.
000525562 5104_ $$aEnglish Short Title Catalog,$$cT117429.
000525562 533__ $$aElectronic reproduction.$$bFarmington Hills, Mich. :$$cCengage Gale,$$d2009.$$nAvailable via the World Wide Web.$$nAccess limited by licensing agreements.$$7s2009    miunns
000525562 650_0 $$aHydrostatics$$vEarly works to 1800.
000525562 752__ $$aGreat Britain$$bEngland$$dLondon.
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