WALDAUF VON WALDENSTEIN, Joseph.

Die neuesten Beobachtungen und Erfahrungen von Garnier, Hericart de Thury, Baillet, Omalius d'Halloy, Flachat, Beurrier, v. Bruckmann u.a.m. über die Anlage der artesischen Brunnen.

Lithographed frontis. & three folding lithographed plates. 3 p.l., 194 pp. 8vo, cont. half-sheep & marbled boards, flat spine gilt (a trifle worn at foot), orange vellum lettering piece on spine. Vienna: F. Beck, 1831. First edition of this very complete and attractively illustrated treatise on artesian wells. Waldauf (1779- ), a high Austrian government official, considers the geological formations which contained water-bearing strata, the most up-to-date drilling techniques, etc. He also describes artesian wells in England, the Netherlands, China, and North America. The final section contains a translation of Garnier's De l'Art du Fontenier Sondeur et des Puits Artésiens (1822), which was the largest work ever published on artesian wells. The attractive plates depict geological strata, drilling rigs and bits, various pumps, etc. Fine copy. Rare. Poggendorff, II, 1245.

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