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REGI, Francesco Maria de.
Uso della Tavola Parabolica nella Misura delle Acque Correnti destinate all' Innaffiamento delle Terre...per Regolamento dell' Acque nel Ducato di Mantova...
One folding engraved plate. 4 p.l., 77 pp., 18 leaves. Large 4to, cont. half-sheep & speckled boards, spine gilt, contrasting leather lettering piece on spine. Milan: G.R. Malatesta, 1764. First edition. Regi (1720-94), a Barnabite, was royal mathematician and hydraulic engineer at Milan. This uncommon book, an elaboration of the earlier researches of Guido Grandi, provides methods of determining the speed and volume of water flow through an orifice. There are frequent references to Poleni, Guglielmini, Mariotte, and Torricelli. According to Montucla (Vol. III, p. 706), the parabolic table invented by Grandi and developed by Regi was widely used throughout Italy. A very fine copy printed on large paper. Poggendorff, II, 587. Riccardi, II, 345.
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