GASPARD-MARIE RICHE BARON DE PRONY (Chamalet 1755 - 1839 Asnières-sur-Seine) 
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Nouvelle architecture hydraulique, contenant l'art d'élever l'eau au moyen de différentes machines, de construire dans ce fluide, de le diriger, et généralement de l'appliquer, de diverses manières, aux besoins de la société. Paris, Firmin Didot. (1790 - 1796) First edition. 2 volumes in large 4° with 55 plates overall. Contemporary half calf with red labels. Vol. I: XII incl. half-title and title, 624 pp., 72 pp., 15 plates. Vol. II: title, 203 pp., 1 white sheet, 38 pp., numbered plates 16 to 52 and 2 plates I + II und plate XVI between pages 28/29. Volume II broken spine end, inside a very nice, fresh copy. De Prony worked in the harbour of Dunkirk as an engineer, hydraulic engineer and French Encyclopedist before he was sent to Italy by Bonaparte to work in the ports of Genoa, Pola, Venice, and Ancona. He was responsible for draining the marshes of Poitiers and the Pontine Plains. Together with Monge he founded the Polytechnic, where he was co-chair of Mechanics with Lagrange.
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Sachgebiete: Architektur, Frankreich, Maschinenbau, Mathematik, Technik
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