BAADER, Joseph von.

Ueber die Vortheile einer verbesserten Bauart von Eisenbahnen und Wagen, welche an einer auf allerhöchsten Befehl zu Nymphenburg ausgeführten Vorrichtung durch wiederholte öffentliche Versuche sich bewährt haben.

72 pp. Large 4to, self-bound. Munich: E.A. Fleischmann, [1826]. First edition and scarce. Baader (1763-1835), a famous mining expert and Chief of the Bavarian Mining Council, traveled as a student in England and Scotland, where he learned of the most recent technological developments taking place there. While in Edinburgh, he designed a new blasting machine for iron mines which had considerable success and became known as the Baadersches Geblaese. His greatest contribution to science was, however, his devotion, through propaganda and the power of his position, to the building of railways in Bavaria. In this work, Baader describes a series of tests which he undertook to develop lighter and stronger wagons and railways with greater durability. The author had constructed in the castle park at Nymphenburg a railway in August 1825 where he conducted a series of experiments for eight months. Baader describes his own results, the most recent developments in railway engineering taking place in Britain, and emphasizes the advantages railways have over canals. The present book was influential in France. Fine copy. ❧ A.D.B., I, pp. 725-26. Poggendorff, I, 80-81–(erroneously giving the date of this work as 1825).

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