La mechanique, 18--.

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La mechanique, 18--.

Treatise on mechanics covering moving weighted and liquid bodies, levers, pulleys, inclined planes, screws and composite machines. Also a section on computing how much lumber would be required to build certain structures. Hand-colored plates illustrate techniques of hydrodynamics, machines for pressing liquids out of solids, and mechanical devices for lifting and lowering heavy weights.

1 v. (92 p. plus 25 folding plates)

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