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35_attachement_catalogue
35_attachement_catalogue
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Ocean waves, flooding & hydraulic <strong>engineering</strong>, well-illustrated<br />
4. EM Y, Amand Rose. Ueber die Bewegung der Wellen und über den Bau am Meere und im Meere. ... Mit 10 Kupfertafeln [sic].<br />
Vienna, Ludwig Förster’s artistischer Anstalt (on reverse of title-page: printed by J.P. Sollinger), 1839. 8º. With 10 folding lithographic plates<br />
(23 × 39 to 54 cm) with 75 figures showing diagrams of wave forms and motions, and plans and cross-sections of coasts, man-made barriers,<br />
buildings, hydraulic devices, etc. 19-century blue cloth. € 350<br />
First edition in German of a detailed account of<br />
waves, concentrating on ocean waves. It covers both<br />
practical and theoretical aspects, with chapters on<br />
the motion of waves and of water within waves,<br />
the theory of travelling waves, new developments<br />
in wave theory, various phenomena, the influence<br />
of the form of the sea floor on waves, the effects of<br />
wind and causes of floods, their effects on the coast<br />
and the silting of harbours, the theory and practice<br />
of sea walls and other constructions, harbour<br />
improvement, and a more detailed discussion of<br />
various sorts of constructions. The illustrations<br />
include diagrams illustrating the theory of wave<br />
flow, cross-sections of various shapes of sea floors<br />
and their influence on the waves, plans and sections<br />
of protective constructions (wharves, dams, sea<br />
walls, etc.) and hydraulic devices. It makes use of<br />
specific historical examples, such as the destruction<br />
of the dam at St. Jean de Luz in 1822.<br />
A good copy, with the text leaves slightly wrinkled<br />
and with some minor stains, and two leaves reinforced<br />
along the edge. The plates are very slightly<br />
browned. There are a few small holes in the binding<br />
cloth. An interesting and uncommon practical and<br />
theoretical treatise.<br />
WorldCat (4 copies); cf. Sotheran, Second suppl. 17951.