2 works, 7 volumes: - Lot 220

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2 works, 7 volumes: - Lot 220
2 works, 7 volumes: - PECLET (E.). Treatise on Heat Considered in Its Applications. Fourth edition published by A. Hudelo. Paris, Masson, 1878, 3 in-8 volumes, VII pp.—624 pp.—2 pp.—1 separate plate—1 folio—583 pp.—1 folio—618 pp.—3 double-page separate plans. - Numerous technical woodcut illustrations throughout the 3 volumes. Publisher’s binding in red half-shagreen, ribbed spine, wide fillets. - A few light foxing spots or light water stains. Combustion and fuels; flow of compressed gases; chimneys; air movements produced by machines or steam jets; fireboxes; emission and transmission of heat; vaporization; distillation; evaporation; drying... Also included: - NADAULT de BUFFON (Benjamin). Course on Agriculture and Agricultural Hydraulics, including the general principles of rural economics and various works to improve water management in the interest of agriculture... Paris, Carillian-Gœury, widow of Dalmont, 1853–1858, 3 tomes in 4 volumes, in-8 format, 2ff.–VIII pp.–480 pp.–2ff.–pp. 481–974 – 2ff.–508pp.–2ff.–9 folded maps – 2ff.–606pp.–9 folded technical plates. Paperback. - Copy largely uncut. Foxing; Volume IV is detached; spine broken; its first few leaves are creased.
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