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Hydraulics

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  • Hydrostatics: scientific equipment. Coloured engraving by J. Emslie, 1850, after himself.
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    The motion of water and other fluids. Being a treatise of hydrostaticks / Written originally in French, by the late Monsieur Marriotte ... Divided into five parts, and translated into English. Together with a little treatise of the same author, giving practical rules for fountains, or jets d'eau. By J.T. Desaguliers ... By whom are added, several annotations for explaining the doubtful places.

    Mariotte, Edmé, approximately 1620-1684. | Date: 1718
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    Miscellaneous (Chemistry)

    Thomas, Graham, 1805-1869 | Date: 1840-1868 | Reference: MS.2580
    Part of: Graham, Thomas (1805-1869)
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    Nova, et amænior de admirando fontivm genio (ex abditas natvræ clavstris, in orbis lvcem emanante) philosophia ... Perenne flvere ivssa / avctore Iacobo I. W. Dobrzenski ...; opvscvlvm quod non solum curiosis ingenijs ob plurimas & nouas hydraulicas machinas æri delicatissimè incisas voluptatem adfert, sed & philosophos exoticis quibusdam erudit discursibus, & mathematicis campum aperit alias plures, & ingeniosiores excogitandi inuentiones.

    Dobrzensky, Jacobus Joannes Wenceslaus, active 1659-1684. | Date: 1659
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    Morton, Charles (1627-1698) & others

    Morton, Charles, 1627-1698 | Date: 1694 | Reference: MS.3638
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    Della misura dell'acque correnti / di Benedetto Castelli.

    Castelli, Benedetto, 1577 or 1578-1643. | Date: 1660
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