@article{592397,
      recid = {592397},
      author = {Switzer, Stephen,},
      title = {An introduction to a general system of hydrostaticks and  hydraulicks, Philosophical and Practical. Wherein The most  reasonable and advantageous Methods of raising and  conducting Water, for the watering Noblemens and Gentlemens  Seats, Buildings, Gardens, &c. are carefully (and in a  Manner not yet publish'd in any Language) laid down.  Containing in General A Physico-Mechanical Enquiry into the  Original and Rise of Springs, and of all the Hypotheses  relating thereto; as also the Principles of Water-Works,  and the Draughts and Descriptions of some of the best  Engines for raising and distributing Water, for the Supply  of Country Seats, Cities, Towns corporate, &c. Deduc'd  from the Theory of Archimedes, Gallileo, Torricelli, Boyle,  Wallis, Plot, Hook, Marriotte, Desaguliers, Derham,  Hawksbee, and others. Reduc'd to Practice by Vitruvius,  Bockler, de Caus, and other Architects amongst the ancient  Romans, Italians, French, Flemmings, and Dutch, and much  improv'd by later Practice and Experience. Illustrated and  Explain'd by Sixty Copper Cuts, done by the best Hands, of  the Principles which tend to the Explanation of the whole,  and of rural Grotesque, and cheap Designs for Reservoirs,  Cataracts and Cascades of Water, Canals, Basins, Fountains,  &c. Collected from the best of the Italian and French  Designs (together with some new ones of the Author's own  Invention) few of which have ever appear'd in Books of  Hydrostaticks, &c. In Two Volumes. By Stephen Switzer.  [electronic resource] :},
      publisher = {printed for T. Astley, at the Rose, S. Austen, at the  Angel in St. Paul's Church-Yard; and L. Gilliver, at  Homer's Head against St. Dunstan's Church, Fleetstreet,},
      address = {London :},
      pages = {2v.,plates :},
      year = {1729},
      note = {The pagination continues from vol.1 to vol.2, but is  irregular.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/592397},
}