181 - Technology - Mining - Baader, Joseph von. A Complete Theory of Suction and Lifting Pumps, and Principles for Their Most Advantageous Arrangement, Particularly with Regard to Mining and Salt Works, Together with a Description of the Sophisticated Systems in Use in English Mines, and some proposals for improving German hydraulic engineering. With 6 fold-out copper plates. Bayreuth, Lübecks Erben, 1797. 56, 207 (recte 205), (3) Pp. 25 x 21 cm. Contemporary half-leather binding with spine label and gilt lettering (edges slightly rubbed).

Technology - Mining - Baader, Joseph von. A Complete Theory of Suction and Lifting Pumps, and Principles for Their Most Advantageous Arrangement, Particularly with Regard to Mining and Salt Works, Together with a Description of the Sophisticated Systems in Use in English Mines, and some proposals for improving German hydraulic engineering. With 6 fold-out copper plates. Bayreuth, Lübecks Erben, 1797. 56, 207 (recte 205), (3) Pp. 25 x 21 cm. Contemporary half-leather binding with spine label and gilt lettering (edges slightly rubbed). First edition. - NDB I, 476 - Poggendorff I, 80 - Engelmann, Mechan. 20 - Koch, Bergm. 153, 17. - Includes, among other things, a description of the pumping station for the fountains in Nymphenburg Park, which the author replaced in 1803 and 1808 with machines that are still in operation today; as well as a description of a submersible boat designed to be propelled by water pumps. - The plates illustrate the operating principles, performance calculations, and designs of pumps. - Baader (1763–1835), one of the pioneers of the railroad in Bavaria, made several trips to England between 1787 and 1795 to study English engineering and transportation systems. - The first and last pages are slightly foxed; otherwise, a fine copy. *