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Memoria analitico-demonstrativa da maquina de dilataçaõ, e de contracçaõ, offerecida ao serenissimo senhor D. Joaõ, Principe do Brazil,

by: Mendes, Luis António de Oliveira, b. ca. 1750

Publication date: 1792

Topics: CPJCB, Ladders, Fire prevention, Imprint 1792

Publisher: Lisboa : Na Officina de Joaquim Jozé Florencio Gonçalves

Collection: jcbportugalbrazil; JohnCarterBrownLibrary; americana

Contributor: John Carter Brown Library

Language: Portuguese

[6], 27, [1] p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 22 cm. (4to) "The machine referred to by the author as a maquina de dilatação e contracção is a ladder for fireman... According to the etching before the title page the invention is based on good mechanical principles..." (Moraes)

Portuguese coat of arms on title page

Signatures: A-D chi2 (-chi2) (A1, A3, chi1 versos blank)

Moraes, R.B. de. Bib. Brasiliana (1983 ed.)

Sacramento Blake. Dic. bib. brazileiro

Silva, Innocencio da. Diccionario bib. portuguez

John Carter Brown Library copy acquired with the assistance of the Metcalf Fund