‎LESAGE Pierre-Charles - John SMEATON - Eddystone Lighthouse :‎
‎Deuxième recueil de divers mémoires extraits de la Bibliothèque impériale des Ponts et Chaussées, à l'usage de MM. Les ingénieurs. Publié par P.C. Lesage. (with an article on Eddystone lighthouse ).‎

‎"12. Paris, d'Hacquart, 1808, in-4°, 28,5 x 21,5 cm, (4)nn pp + (x) pp + 154 pp + 10 engraved plates (7 folding and one on a double page), bound in contemporary half roan, paper covered boards ornated with a gilt floral fillet, binding with some traces of use, margins of some plates slightly frayed and/or dustsoiled. Text in French. Texte en français. Some copies contain a portrait frontispiece, this has been replaced in our copy by a 4 pp leaflet tipped in in lieu of the portr. The leaflet confirms the donation of a diamond ring , received by the author as a gift from the Russian Czar Alexander, to the count de Montalivet, then director of the ''Ponts et Chaussées''. It is dated 26 Aout 1809. Among the articles is an important study on the third Eddystone lighthouse constructed by John Smeaton consisting of a description illustrated with 5 engraved plates and a separate study on his invention of quick drying cement that was used for the construction. According to a note by Trinity House posted on internet the formula is still in use. Voici les titres des mémoires contenus dans l'ouvrage; 1. Lesage, Table lythologique adressée à MM. Les ingénieurs des Ponts et Chaussées - 2. Smeaton J. Phare d'Edystone. Précis historique de la construction du phare d'Edystone. Traduit de l'anglais par A. Pictet. - 3. Smeaton. Recherches expérimentales sur la meilleure composition des cimens propres aux constructions hydrauliques (extraites de son ouvrage sur le phare d'Edystone). - 4. Betancourt. Mémoire sur un nouveau système de navigation intérieure. - 5. Rapport fait à l'institut par la classe des sciences physiques et mathématiques."‎

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