184 - Mönnich, BF Instructions for the arrangement and calculation of the most common machines according to maxims and rules which experience and theory provide. First section [all published works], which contains the class of mills. Augsburg, Klett's Widow and Frank, 1779. XVIII pages, 1 leaf, 354 pages. With 5 folded engraved plates. Contemporary marbled half-leather binding with 2 spine labels and gilt lettering (somewhat rubbed).

Mönnich, BF Instructions for the arrangement and calculation of the most common machines according to maxims and rules which experience and theory provide. First section [all published works], which contains the class of mills. Augsburg, Klett's Widow and Frank, 1779. XVIII pages, 1 leaf, 354 pages. With 5 folded engraved plates. Contemporary marbled half-leather binding with 2 spine labels and gilt lettering (somewhat rubbed). Lempe: Maschinenlehre I, page 41; Poggendorff II, column 168; Schmidt/Mehring: Neuestes gelehrtes Berlin II, pages 40f. (with detailed table of contents). - First edition. - Section 1 deals with machinery in general, Section 2 with mills in general, and grain mills in particular, Section 3 with stamping mills, gunpowder mills, oil and bark mills, stamping mills, stamping mills with hammers, and sawmills. - The 43 illustrations contain technical details and mathematical representations. - Mönnich (1741-1800) was, among other things, a professor of mathematics and physics in Frankfurt/Oder, and later also a building councilor in Berlin. - Mirror with a handwritten reference to the book collection of Colonel de Feignet (Joseph Carl Julien de Feignet; 1699-1771), as well as with stamps and entries from Danish military libraries.