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]
- Books
- Online
Online resources
About this work
Also known as
Traité du mouvement des eaux et des autres corps fluides. English
Publication/Creation
London : printed for J. Senex at the Globe in Salisbury-Court, Fleetstreet, and W. Taylor at the Ship in Pater-Noster-Row, MDCCXVIII. [1718]
Physical description
xxiii,[1],290,[2]p.,VII plates ; 80.
Contributors
References note
ESTC T122614
Reproduction note
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. (Eighteenth century collections online). Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.