Engineering and Technology 1650-1750.

[GravityMechanic]

Engineering and Technology 1650-1750
Illustrations and texts from original sources
Martin Jensen
Dover Publications 2002
Paperback 286mm x 211mm

This wonderful book features more than 200 engravings that encompass a wide range of engineering projects. It is an unabridged reproduction of a book originally published in 1969 which had the title "Civil Engineering Around 1700". This two hundred and seven page book has fourteen chapters.

1. Paperwork and money.
2. Surveying.
3. Levelling.
4. Materials.
5. Hand tools.
6. Lifting equipment.
7. Transport and erection.
8. Piling.
9. Bailing.
10. Machines.
11. Water supply.
12. Work in earth and rock.
13. Marine works and hydraulic engineering.
14. Roads and streets.

In Chapter two on "Surveying", page 28 there is the following table giving details of the different ells used in various locations. An ell is the distance measurement from the elbow to the tip of the forefinger. If a Rhineland foot is divided into 1000 parts, then the following places will have the following number of such parts in one ell. One Rhineland foot equals 12.357 inches.

• Amsterdam 2196
  Basel 1716
  Danzig 1842
  Erfurth 1326
  Florence 1877
  Frankfurt a. M. 1768
  Hamburg 1842
  Leipzig 2105
  Leyden 2887
  Lisbon 2662
  London 2904
  Lubeck 1842
  Magdeburg 2105
  Nuremberg 2105
  Paris 2020
  Reval 1768
  Riga 1768
  Toledo 2600

Everybody interested in the life and work of Johann Bessler will find this book a useful resource. This book can be obtained direct from the publisher or if you wish to loan this book from your local library the International Standard Book Number is 0486422321.

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[DrWhat]

Thanks Brian.

Leupold's book is also interesting:

http://digital.library.cornell.edu/cgi/ ... no=kmod022

[Quartz]

Hi Drwhat

Were can I get the English version of Leupold's book.

Thanks

kEN

[DrWhat]

Hi kEN,

I really don't know. At least the images are accessible and can be interpreted somewhat. There may not be an english version.

D

[AB Hammer]

GravityMechanic

Thanks for the heads up on the book.


Damian

Thanks for the link. Leupold was obsessed as bad if not worse than we are. I had just finished down loading the pates.