GAUGER, Nicolas (c.1680-1730). Fires Improv'd: being a New Method of Building Chimneys, so as to Prevent their Smoaking... made English... by J.T. Desaguliers , London: J. Senex and E. Curll, 1715. 12° (154 x 85mm). 9 folding plates, woodcut headpieces and tailpieces (one plate with three neat tears, some light dampstaining). 19th-century half calf (spine re-laid). Provenance : The Richard Gimbel Foundation for Aeronautical and Scientific Research (bookplate). FIRST ENGLISH EDITION of Gauger's work, which was first published in Paris in 1713. 'The text, which was expanded and adapted for the English-speaking market by Desaguliers, was the first to deal specifically with the mechanics and problems of domestic heating, and had a great influence in Britain and America': RIBA 1182; Harris 244.
GAUGER, Nicolas (c.1680-1730). Fires Improv'd: being a New Method of Building Chimneys, so as to Prevent their Smoaking... made English... by J.T. Desaguliers , London: J. Senex and E. Curll, 1715. 12° (154 x 85mm). 9 folding plates, woodcut headpieces and tailpieces (one plate with three neat tears, some light dampstaining). 19th-century half calf (spine re-laid). Provenance : The Richard Gimbel Foundation for Aeronautical and Scientific Research (bookplate). FIRST ENGLISH EDITION of Gauger's work, which was first published in Paris in 1713. 'The text, which was expanded and adapted for the English-speaking market by Desaguliers, was the first to deal specifically with the mechanics and problems of domestic heating, and had a great influence in Britain and America': RIBA 1182; Harris 244.
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