BOURGOIS, Simeón.

Mémoire sur la Résistance de l'Eau au Mouvement des Corps et particulièrement des Batiments de Mer...

Three folding engraved plates (some foxing). 2 p.l., ix, 248 pp. Large 4to, modern morocco-backedmarbled boards (some foxing, perforated stamp of the Franklin Institute on blank portion of title), spine gilt. Paris: A. Bertrand, [1857]. First edition. “Bourgois opens his memoir by giving the theory of fluid resistance, a lengthy account of Beaufoy’s experiments with submerged bodies, followed by the experiments conducted on floating bodies by Beaufoy and by Bossut, d’Alembert, and Condorcet. The balance of the book consists of data deriving from experiments conducted by the British and French navies on both wooden ships and steam boats.”–Roberts & Trent, Bibliotheca Mechanica, p. 49. Bourgois (1815-87), spent his career in the French navy. Very good copy. Signature of Henry Harding on title. Ex Bibliotheca Mechanica.

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