Experimental enquiry concerning the natural powers of wind and water to turn mills and other machines depending on a circular motion : And an experimental examination of the quantity and proportion of mechanic power necessary to be employed in giving different degrees of velocity to heavy bodies from a state of rest. Also new fundamental experiments upon the collision of bodies. With five plates of machines. By the late Mr. John Smeaton, F.R.S.

Author/creator Smeaton, John
Format Electronic
EditionThe second edition.
Publication InfoLondon : printed for I. and J. Taylor, 1796.
Descriptionvii, 1 unnumbered page, 110, 2 unnumbered pages, V plates, tables : portrait ; 8⁰.
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General note'An experimental examination' and 'New fundamental experiments' have separate titlepages.
General noteWith a final advertisement leaf.
General noteReproduction of original from the Harvard University Cabot Science Library.
References English Short Title Catalog, ESTCN3262.
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