An Engine for raising Water by Fire; being an Improvement of Savery’s Construction, to render it capable of working itself
Read before the Royal Society on November 9, 1752, An Engine for raising Water by Fire; being an Improvement of Savery’s Construction, to render it capable of working itself, invented by Mr. De Moura of Portugal, F.R.S. described by Mr. J. Smeaton was representative of the Eighteenth-century engineering efforts to improve the design of machines. This paper discusses such an improved design.
The item is a First Edition, extracted and disbound from The Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, Vol. 47, For the Year 1751 & 1752, pages 436-438, plus one extended plate showing a drawing of the engine. This volume was published in 1753. The pages, which measure approximately 6 x 8 ½ inches, are tanned, but the text is clear and easily read. The overall condition of the item is good/very good
The illustrations accompanying this description show the first page of the item and the drawing on the extended plate.
John Smeaton, FRS, (8 June 1724 – 28 October 1792) was an English civil engineer responsible for the design of bridges, canals, harbors and lighthouses. He was also a capable mechanical engineer and an eminent physicist. Smeaton was the first self-proclaimed civil engineer, and often regarded as the "father of civil engineering". [Wikipedia]
Read before the Royal Society on November 9, 1752, An Engine for raising Water by Fire; being an Improvement of Savery’s Construction, to render it capable of working itself, invented by Mr. De Moura of Portugal, F.R.S. described by Mr. J. Smeaton was representative of the Eighteenth-century engineering efforts to improve the design of machines. This paper discusses such an improved design.
The item is a First Edition, extracted and disbound from The Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, Vol. 47, For the Year 1751 & 1752, pages 436-438, plus one extended plate showing a drawing of the engine. This volume was published in 1753. The pages, which measure approximately 6 x 8 ½ inches, are tanned, but the text is clear and easily read. The overall condition of the item is good/very good
The illustrations accompanying this description show the first page of the item and the drawing on the extended plate.
John Smeaton, FRS, (8 June 1724 – 28 October 1792) was an English civil engineer responsible for the design of bridges, canals, harbors and lighthouses. He was also a capable mechanical engineer and an eminent physicist. Smeaton was the first self-proclaimed civil engineer, and often regarded as the "father of civil engineering". [Wikipedia]
Read before the Royal Society on November 9, 1752, An Engine for raising Water by Fire; being an Improvement of Savery’s Construction, to render it capable of working itself, invented by Mr. De Moura of Portugal, F.R.S. described by Mr. J. Smeaton was representative of the Eighteenth-century engineering efforts to improve the design of machines. This paper discusses such an improved design.
The item is a First Edition, extracted and disbound from The Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, Vol. 47, For the Year 1751 & 1752, pages 436-438, plus one extended plate showing a drawing of the engine. This volume was published in 1753. The pages, which measure approximately 6 x 8 ½ inches, are tanned, but the text is clear and easily read. The overall condition of the item is good/very good
The illustrations accompanying this description show the first page of the item and the drawing on the extended plate.
John Smeaton, FRS, (8 June 1724 – 28 October 1792) was an English civil engineer responsible for the design of bridges, canals, harbors and lighthouses. He was also a capable mechanical engineer and an eminent physicist. Smeaton was the first self-proclaimed civil engineer, and often regarded as the "father of civil engineering". [Wikipedia]