DUPIN (baron Charles). Notice on a new teaching of geometry and mechanics applied to arts and crafts and fine arts. Paris, printed by Fain, 1825. In-8 of 16 pp; white paper cover with the handwritten mention "Offered by the author. Good Charles Dupin". Speech read at the Academy of Sciences on August 16, 1825 in which the author presents a work he has just published Discours et leçons sur l'industrie, le commerce, la marine, et sur les sciences appliquées aux arts, in which he insists more particularly on the application of mechanics and geometry to the various branches of industry. Booklet with a signed mailing from the author.

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