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Extract of Bernard Forest de Belidor's proposals for his hydraulic architecture or the art of conducting, raising and managing water for the different uses of life

Reference number: EL/B3/57

Date: May 1737

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Details are given about the structure of Belidor's volumes on hydraulic architecture and about the cost of subscription

Reference number
EL/B3/57
Earliest possible date
May 1737
Page extent
2 pages
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Manuscript

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Bernard Forest de Belidor

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Bernard Forest de Belidor, Extract of Bernard Forest de Belidor's proposals for his hydraulic architecture or the art of conducting, raising and managing water for the different uses of life, May 1737, EL/B3/57, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_b3_57/extract-of-bernard-forest-de-belidors-proposals-for-his-hydraulic-architecture-or-the-art-of-conducting-raising-and-managing-water-for-the-different-uses-of-life, accessed on 16 September 2024

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