Karol Hadai (1 results)

A textbook of hydraulics written Karoly Hadaly (Karol Hadai in Slovak, 1743-1834), a Hungarian mathematician and specialist on hydraulics and hydraulic engineering. The sixth, revised edition. The book contains two fold-out plates with illustrations; copper engravings were made by Markus Weinmann after the author's drawings. Antiqua typeface; the title page has a cut/vignette; other pages are decorated with several headpieces and tailpieces. A complete, well-preserved copy. /// Paper binding (with much later endpapers); hardback, [8]+151 pp., 2 plates, 8° (12.5 x 19.5 cm), cover worn, with stains, smudges, paper label and tear, corners bumped, 16 pages have small/tiny blue stain, several pages have minor trace of dust, plates darkened along fore edge and slightly creased, condition: good Book Language/s: Latin.…