SMEATON, John (1724-1792). An Account of some Experiments upon a Machine for Measuring the Way of a Ship at Sea . [No imprint], 1754. [ Bound with :] A Description of a New Pyrometer, with a Table of of Experiments made therewith . [No imprint, ?1755]. Engraved plate and folding printed table. [ And :] An Experimental Enquiry concerning the Natural Powers of Water and Wind to turn Mills, and other Machines, depending on a Circular Motion . London: [no printer], 1760. 3 folding engraved plates. 3 works in one volume, 4° (222 x 162mm). Contemporary half sheep (rebacked, a little rubbed), in a folding cloth chemise and brown quarter morocco slipcase. Provenance : unidentified armorial bookplate (pasted over another one) -- The Stanitz copy (according to a pencilled note, his sale in 1984).
SMEATON, John (1724-1792). An Account of some Experiments upon a Machine for Measuring the Way of a Ship at Sea . [No imprint], 1754. [ Bound with :] A Description of a New Pyrometer, with a Table of of Experiments made therewith . [No imprint, ?1755]. Engraved plate and folding printed table. [ And :] An Experimental Enquiry concerning the Natural Powers of Water and Wind to turn Mills, and other Machines, depending on a Circular Motion . London: [no printer], 1760. 3 folding engraved plates. 3 works in one volume, 4° (222 x 162mm). Contemporary half sheep (rebacked, a little rubbed), in a folding cloth chemise and brown quarter morocco slipcase. Provenance : unidentified armorial bookplate (pasted over another one) -- The Stanitz copy (according to a pencilled note, his sale in 1984). Reprinted from the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society to which Smeaton contributed several essays between 1750 and 1759. He received the Society's gold medal for the Experimental Enquiry .
SMEATON, John (1724-1792). An Account of some Experiments upon a Machine for Measuring the Way of a Ship at Sea . [No imprint], 1754. [ Bound with :] A Description of a New Pyrometer, with a Table of of Experiments made therewith . [No imprint, ?1755]. Engraved plate and folding printed table. [ And :] An Experimental Enquiry concerning the Natural Powers of Water and Wind to turn Mills, and other Machines, depending on a Circular Motion . London: [no printer], 1760. 3 folding engraved plates. 3 works in one volume, 4° (222 x 162mm). Contemporary half sheep (rebacked, a little rubbed), in a folding cloth chemise and brown quarter morocco slipcase. Provenance : unidentified armorial bookplate (pasted over another one) -- The Stanitz copy (according to a pencilled note, his sale in 1984).
SMEATON, John (1724-1792). An Account of some Experiments upon a Machine for Measuring the Way of a Ship at Sea . [No imprint], 1754. [ Bound with :] A Description of a New Pyrometer, with a Table of of Experiments made therewith . [No imprint, ?1755]. Engraved plate and folding printed table. [ And :] An Experimental Enquiry concerning the Natural Powers of Water and Wind to turn Mills, and other Machines, depending on a Circular Motion . London: [no printer], 1760. 3 folding engraved plates. 3 works in one volume, 4° (222 x 162mm). Contemporary half sheep (rebacked, a little rubbed), in a folding cloth chemise and brown quarter morocco slipcase. Provenance : unidentified armorial bookplate (pasted over another one) -- The Stanitz copy (according to a pencilled note, his sale in 1984). Reprinted from the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society to which Smeaton contributed several essays between 1750 and 1759. He received the Society's gold medal for the Experimental Enquiry .
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