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An answer to the Joint Committee of the Select and Common Councils of Philadelphia, on the subject of a plan for supplying the city with water, &c. / [Benjamin Henry Latrobe]
Athenaeum of Philadelphia - American Imprints 1799 Latrobe
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Water-supply--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Early works to 1800.
- Water-supply.
- Water resources development--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Early works to 1800.
- Water resources development.
- Steam-engines--Early works to 1850.
- Steam-engines.
- Hydraulic engineering--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Early works to 1800.
- Hydraulic engineering.
- City councils--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Early works to 1800.
- City councils.
- Philadelphia (Pa.)--Water-supply--Early works to 1800.
- Philadelphia (Pa.).
- Schuylkill River (Pa.)--Early works to 1800.
- Schuylkill River (Pa.).
- Physical Description:
- 7, [1] p. ; 23 cm. (8vo)
- Place of Publication:
- [Philadelphia : s.n., 1799]
- Notes:
- Caption title.
- Signed at end: B. Henry Latrobe, engineer. Philadelphia, March 2d, 1799.
- Imprint and date of publication from end of letter (p. 7).
- Signatures: [A]♯.
- "Account of steam engines, &c."--p. 5-7.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Gift of Robert L. Raley/Carpenters' Company Collection.
- Athenaeum copy: Housed in protective folder.
- Athenaeum copy: Athenaeum copy is uncut and unopened.
- Athenaeum copy: Includes added sheet with remains of wax seal and ms. signature of Benjamin Latrobe laid in at front.
- Cited in:
- Evans, 36086
- Sabin, 62369
- ESTC (RLIN), W006138
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