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Receuille interessant pour les ouvriliers et messieurs les amateurs du tour ovâle : manuscript, 1817.

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Format:
Book
Manuscript
Author/Creator:
Henry, François.
Contributor:
Académie royale des sciences (France), addressee.
Language:
French
Subjects (All):
Lathes--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Lathes.
Turning (Lathe work)--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Turning (Lathe work).
Genre:
Handbooks and manuals.
Manuscripts, French.
Technical illustrations (images)
Technical manuals.
Treatises.
Physical Description:
1 v
Other Title:
Principes de tours en général.
Place of Publication:
1817.
Language Note:
In French.
Biography/History:
Engineer of mathematical, physical, and astronomical instruments from Toulouse, according to his letter of submission.
Summary:
Treatise on lathes including 13 fold-out plates of watercolored diagrams followed by a table of plates. Prefaced by a letter of submission to the Académie royale des sciences.

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