Hydraulics.- Poleni (Giovanni)

De castellis per quae derivantur fluviorum aquae habentibus latera convergentia liber…, FIRST EDITION, woodcut device on title and Comino's arms, headpiece with two spheres that fall into the basin representing the experiment proving the Leibnizian theory of living forces, to A4r, folding engraved plate, minor spotting to title, contemporary paper boards, [Riccardi II, 292, n. 11; Poggendorf II, 492], 4to, Giuseppe Comino (Giovanni Antonio Volpi & Gaetano Volpi), Padua, 1718.

*** One of Giovanni Poleni's major works on hydraulics and hydrodynamics with reports on experiments on water flow and on the force exerted by an impacting fluid. Giovanni Poleni (1683-1761) was professor of astronomy and physics at the University of Padua. His knowledge of hydraulic architecture was used by several princes. Poleni’s works on hydraulics and hydrodynamics contain information on estuaries, ports, and rivers.