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The field engineer. : Of M. le Chevalier de Clairac, translated from the French, with observations and remarks on each chapter. Together with the addition of several new figures, on a large copper-plate, to explain the author's constructions

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Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: 1760.
Call number: 448084
Creator: Clairac, Louis-André de La Mamie (1690-1752)(Opens in new tab)
Dimensions: (8vo)
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