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Memoire sur la dérivation des canaux pour servir à l'irrigation: report

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Description: The report by Ignace Giulio concerns the construction and use of irrigation channels, and includes one folded page of detailed drawings. Text is in French. As stated in a footnote on the first page, the original Italian reads, "Memoria intorno la derivazione de' canali per servire alla proficua irrigazione de' terreni, a dare il moto a' molini, ed altri edifizi idraulici, letta alla Società li 31. maggio 1786. dal Sig. Giulio, Architetto Idraulico e civile, Socio Ordinario, e membro dell' Accademia Clementina di Bologna."
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1786, May 31.
Call number: mssHM 83082
Creator: Giulio, Ignace(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Burndy Library Collection, Gift of Dibner Family, November 2006.
Dimensions: 29 cm
Associated organization: Burndy Library,
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