CANAL DE L'OURCQ - GIRARD, P.-S. (PIERRE SIMON).
Mémoires sur le Canal de L'Ourcq et la Distribution de ses Eaux; sur Le Desséchement et L'Assainissement de Paris, et les divers Canaux navigable qui ont été mis a Exécution ou Projetés dans le Bassin de la Seine, pour L'Extension du Commerce de la Capitale; Atlas.
A Paris, Carilian-Goeury et Vor Dalmont, (1831 ?)- 1845. Folio oblong. Cont. blank boards. Back worn, corners bruised. Stamp on title. Containing 51 fine engraved plates (33,5x49 cm.)., of which 5 are in double-folio. Internally fine with a few brownspots, mainly in margins. The last 8 plates stained in lower right corner, only affecting margins. (Stanislas Léveillé and Monvoisin del. - Adam sculp.).
¶ This great book depicts Girard's ambitious waterworks in order to connect the Seine and Ourcq rivers with a ship canal to supply Paris. Girard was one of Napoleon's expert engineers on the Egypt-Expedition and from 1802 until 1820 he was occupied with this project. Along with the work he made importent investigations in hydraulics and published several works on the subject.
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