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Title

Essay on the construction and use of a mine-auger. [electronic resource] : To which are added the description of an earth-borer, for country gentlemen and farmers; and an improvement on the well-borer of Mersennus. Illustrated with copper-plates. Translated from the German of Mr. Geiss, by Willia James M'neven, M. D. Member of the Royal-College of Physicians of London.

Author

Geissau, Anton Ferdinand von, 1746-1809.

Publication

London : printed for W. Richardson, Royal-Exchange, M,DCC,LXXXVIII. [1788]

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Description

xi,[1],44p.,plates; 8⁰.

Uniform Title

Beschreibung des vollkommen verbesserten Bergbohrers. English

Alternative Title

Beschreibung des vollkommen verbesserten Bergbohrers.

Subject

• Augers > Early works to 1800
• Shaft sinking > Early works to 1800
• Mining engineering > Early works to 1800
• Mining machinery > Design and construction > Early works to 1800

Note

• Reproduction of original from British Library.

Indexed In (note)

• English Short Title Catalog,

Reproduction (note)

• Electronic reproduction.

OCLC

642440760

Author

Geissau, Anton Ferdinand von, 1746-1809.

Title

Essay on the construction and use of a mine-auger. [electronic resource] : To which are added the description of an earth-borer, for country gentlemen and farmers; and an improvement on the well-borer of Mersennus. Illustrated with copper-plates. Translated from the German of Mr. Geiss, by Willia James M'neven, M. D. Member of the Royal-College of Physicians of London.

Imprint

London : printed for W. Richardson, Royal-Exchange, M,DCC,LXXXVIII. [1788]

Reproduction

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

Indexed In:

English Short Title Catalog, T145374.

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Place of Publication

Great Britain England London.