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Experimental enquiries concerning the principle of the lateral communication of motion in fluids; Applied to the explanation of various hydraulic phenomena. By citizen J.B. Venturi, prosessor of Natural Philosophy at Modena, member of the Italian Society, of the Institute of Bologna, of the Agrarian Society of Turin, &c. Translated from the French.
Venturi, Giovanni Battista, 1746-1822.Date: 1799- Books
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A treatise of the motion of water, and other fluids: with the origin of fountains or springs, and the cause of winds. In which Treatise, the Manner of Levelling or Conducting Rivers, in Order to make them Navigable; the making of Aqueducts for the Supply of Gentlemens Seats; the whole Art of contriving and making Jetts of Water for Fountains; and the Manner how to proportion the Strength of Pipes for conveying Water from any Height, are plainly demonstrated from the Laws of Hydrostaticks, by above a Hundred Curious Experiments. Written originally in French, by the learned M. Marriotte, Member of the Royal Academy at Paris. And translated into English, with several Annotations for Explaining the doubtful Places, by J. T. Desaguliers, M. A. F. R. S. Chaplain to the Right Honourable James Earl of Caernarvon.
Mariotte, Edmé, approximately 1620-1684.Date: MDCCXVIII. [1718]