Manuscripts and illustrations for Descriptions des arts et métiers, 1721-1787.

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Manuscripts and illustrations for Descriptions des arts et métiers, 1721-1787.

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Consists of material for Descriptions des Arts et Métiers, a text on technical skills of 18th-century engineering, including autograph manuscripts by Réaumur, Henri Louis Duhamel du Monceau, Auguste Denis Fougeroux de Bondaroy, and other unidentified hands; some correspondence; drawings, and proofs and other strikes of engravings.

5 v. (1.5 linear ft.)

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Duhamel du Monceau, M., 1700-1782

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Henry Louis Duhamel du Monceau was a French agronomist and botanist; Auguste Denis Fougeroux de Bondaroy was his nephew and heir. From the guide to the Henri Louis Duhamel du Monceau papers, 1716-1789, 1716-1789, (American Philosophical Society) ...

Réaumur, René-Antoine Ferchault de, 1683-1757

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Réaumur was a French physicist and naturalist. From the guide to the Manuscripts and illustrations for Descriptions des arts et métiers, 1721-1787., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) Réaumur was a French physicist and naturalist. Duhamel du Monceau was a French botanist, agriculturist and physicist. Fougeroux, the nephew of Duhamel, was a French physiologist and archaeologist. From the description of Manuscripts and illustrations fo...

Fougeroux de Bondaroy, Auguste-Denis, 1732-1789

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Fougeroux de Bondaroy was a French scientist who conducted research in botany, physiology, chemistry, and archaeology. From the description of Recherches sur les ruines d'Herculanum, 1770, et sur les lumieres qui peuvent en résulter, relativement à l'état présent des sciences & des arts : avec un traité sur la fabrique des mosaïques. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122489500 From the guide to the Recherches sur les ruines d'Herculanum,...