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HYDRODYNAMICS. 



Works 

 on hydro- 

 <l \ nnmics. 



History. Pneumatica, 1(>.J7; Baliani De Molu Gravium, Geneva, 

 1646; Toricelli De Molu Gravium naluraliter accele- 

 ralo, 164-3; Castelli Delhi Mesura dell' acque correnli, 

 1628; Pascal Sur L'Equilibre.dfH Liqueur e ; Di-swtcs 

 Rccueil des Leltres de M. Descartes, torn, iii.; Mariotte 

 Trinlc dtt mouvement dfs faux, Par. iGStt, and Mem. 

 Acad. Par. I. 6j). II.; Guglielmini La Mesura dell' ac- 

 que correnli; Gugliclmini Delia natura dell' Fiumi. Bo- 

 logn, 16<)7; Polcnus De Molu aqua; mix!o Patav. 1697, 

 1718, 1723 ; Parent Mem. Acad. Par. 1700 ; Varignon 

 Mem. Acad. Par. II. p. 162 ; Id. 1703, p. 238 ; Picard 

 De ar/i/is effluentibus, Mem. Acad. Par. V II. 323; New- 

 loni Principia, lib. ii. ; Raccolta Di Autori die Iral/ano 

 rft.ll molo dell acque, 3 vols. 4to. Flor. 1723. This collec- 

 tion contains the works of Archimedes, Albici, Galileo, 

 Castelli, Michelini, Borelli, Montanari, Viviani, Cassini, 

 Guglielmini, Grandi, Manfred!, Picard, and Narducci. 

 Polenus De Caste/Us per qua; derivanlur Jluviorum aquce, 

 Patav. 1718; Miclielotti De separationc Jtuidorum in 

 corpore animali, 1719; Jurin, Phil. Trans'. 1 7 1 8, 1722; 

 Couplet, Mem. Acad. Par. 1732, p. 113; Daniell Ber- 

 noulli Hydrodynamics, sen de vinbus el molibus fluido- 

 nim commenlarii, Strasb. 1738; Id. Comment. Petrop. 

 1727, 1741 ; Pilot, Mem. Acad. 1727, p. 49; 1730, p. 

 306; 1732, 1738; John Bernoulli, Opera, torn, iv.; 

 and Comment. Petrop. 1737, 1738; Cotes Hydrostatic^ 

 and Pneumatical Lectures, 1747; S. Gravesende Physiccs 

 Elementa Matliemalica, Leid. 1719, 1742 ; Maclaurin's 

 Fluxions, vol. ii. book ii. chap. xii. 537 550, Edin. 

 173'2; D'Alembert Traite de L'Eqtiilibre el du niouve- 

 menl dcs Fluides, Par. 1744; D'Alembert Essai d"une 

 Nouvelle Theorie stir la resistance dcs Fluides, and also 

 his Opuscules Mathemaliques, torn, vi; Switzer's Hydro- 

 statics; Euler, Mem. Acad. Berlin, 1752, p. Ill; 1755, 

 p. 217; Id. Nov. Comment. Petrop. 1768, 1769, 1770, 

 1771; Id. Theorie complctte de la construction el Ma- 

 noeuvre des vaissean ; Bouguer, Mem. Acad. Par. 1755, 

 p. 48 1 ; Lecchi Idrostalica esaminata ne siioi principi 

 e stabilita nelle sue regale della mesura delle acque conen- 

 1i, 176.5: Borda, Mem. Acad. Par. 1763, p. 358; 1766, 

 p. 579; 1767, p. 595; Kaestner Anfangsgrunde dcr 

 Hydrodynamik, Getting. 1769, and Nov. Comment. Got- 

 iing. 1769, I. 45.; Nuova Raccolla di aulori che trat- 

 iano del molo dell' acque, 7 vols. Parma, 1766. The 1st 

 vol. of this excellent collection contains, 1. Castelli's 

 treatise Della Mesura, &c. 2. Several letters of Castel- 

 li and other authors. 3. A paper by Montanari on the 

 Adriatic Sea and its currents. 3. A discourse by Vivia- 

 ni on the method of preventing the filling up and the 

 corrosion of rivers applied to the river Arno. 5. Several 

 papers by J. D. Oissini, on the regulation of the cour- 

 ses of rivers; and, C. Guglielmini's treatise, entitled, 

 La Mesura, &-c. The 2d volume contains Guglielmi- 

 ni on rivers, illustrated with the notes of E. Manfredi. 

 The 3d volume contains, 1. Guido Grandi's geometri- 

 cal treatise on the. motion of water; 2. Several disser- 

 tations, by the same author, on the River Era and the 

 streams in Italy; 3. The Marquis Poleni's treatise de 

 motu aquas mixlo ; 4. A treatise, by the same author, 

 on dikes, &c. ; 5. A letter, by Poleni, on tiie measure 

 of running waters ; 6. A paper, by J. Buteon, on the 

 same subject. Tom. IV. contains, 1. Several hydrau- 

 lic dissertations by Castelli; 2. Several letters from 

 Galileo to Castelli ; 3. A paper, by E. Manfredi, on the 

 construction of a dike upon the River Era; 4. A re- 

 ply, by Manfredi, to a criticism by Cevaand Moscatelli ; 

 5. A reply, by the inhabitants of Bologna, to those of 

 Ferrara on the course of the Reno ; 6. An examination 

 of a book entitled, The Injurious Effects of the Reno, 



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7. A refutation of another work, published at Modena, on HUtory. 

 the same subject. Tom. V. contains, 1. A report, by 7""7 

 Cardinals Adda and Barberini, on the state of the wa- 

 ters in the countries of Romagna, Ferrara, and Bologna; dynamic*. 

 2. A report, by Riviera, on the state of the Reno, the 

 Panaro, and the Po; 3. A selection of practical in- 

 formation from the work of Zendrini on running wa- 

 ters ; and, <!. A memoir on preventing the inundations 

 of the llonco and the Montone, by Zendrini and Man- 

 fredi. Tom. VI. contains, 1. A translation of Picard's 

 book on levelling ; 2. A translation of Gennete's expe- 

 riments on the course of rivers ; 3. Experiments of Bo- 

 nati in opposition to those of Gennete ; 4. Gennete's 

 reply ; 5. Remarks, by Manfredi, on the constant ele- 

 vation of the bottom of the sea ; 6. A discourse, by Za- 

 notti, on the beds of rivers near their embouchure ; 7. 

 A memoir, by Bolognini, on the ancient and present state 

 of the Pontine Marshes, and on the means of draining 

 them ; 8. A comparison of canals, by Narducci ; 9. 

 A paper, by Perelli, on a torrent called the Maroggia. 

 Vol. VII. contains, 1. A discourse on the ancient and 

 present state of the Valdichiana ; 2. A memoir, by 

 Lecchi, on the Tradate, the Gardaluso, and the Boz- 

 zenti ; 3. A paper on the inundations of the Adige, by 

 Lorgna ; and, 5. A paper, by Frisi, on the manage- 

 ment of rivers and torrents. Bossut et Viallet, Recher- 

 ches sur la Construction des digues, 176-1. Silberschlag, 

 Theorie dex Fleuves, avec I'art de batir dans lair eaitx 

 et de prevenir Icur rarages, 1769; translated from the 

 German. Michelotti, Sperienze Hydrauliche, Turin, 

 1774; and Mem. Tatirinens, 1788. Bossut, Traite T/ie- 

 orique el Experimental d' Hydrodynamiqne, 2 vols. 8vo. 

 1771, 1786, and 1796. Fontana, Disserlazione Idrodi- 

 narnica, Mant. 1775. Chevalier Buat's Traite d'Hy- 

 draulique et Pyrodynamique, 2 vols. 8vo. 1786, and 

 vol. iii. 1816. La Grange, Mccanique Analylique ; and 

 Mem. Acad. Berlin, 1781, p. 151, and 1786, p. 192. 

 Ximenes, Nuove Sperienze Idraulichefatie ne canali e ne 

 Jiumi per verijicare le principals leggi e fenomeni delle 

 acque correnli, Siena, 1780. Id. Act. Sien. iii. 16, iv. 31, 

 vii. 1. Lorgna, Memorie inlorno all' acqve correnli, 

 Veron. 1777. Lorgna, Ricerche inlorno alia dislributio- 

 ne delle velacila nella seclione de Fiumi. Id. Soc. Italian, 

 iv. p. 369, v. 313, vi. 218. Lambert, Sur les Fluides 

 considerees rclativement a I'Hydrodynamique, Mem. Acad. 

 Berlin, J784, p. 299. Langsdorf, Theorie der Hydro- 

 dynamischen gnuidle/iren, Frankf. 1787- Langsdorf, Hy- 

 draulik, Altenb. 1794. Cousin Mem. Acad. Par. 1783, 

 p. 665. Parkinson's Hydrostatics, 1789. Dr Mathew 

 Young, Irish Transactions, 1788, vol. ii. p. 81, and vol. 

 vii. p. 53. Bernhard, Nouveau Principes d'Hydraulique, 

 1787. This work contains a historical and critical dis- 

 course upon the different works which have been publish- 

 ed on this subject. Prony, Nouvelle Architecture Hydrau- 

 lique, 2 vols. 4to. Paris, 1790. Prony, Recherches Plty- 

 sico-Mat/iematiques sur la Theorie des Eaitx Couranles, 

 4to, Paris, 1804. Burja, Grundlehren der Hydrostatik, 

 1790. Vince, Phil. Trans, 1795, p. 24, 1798, p. 1. At- 

 wood, Phil. Trans. 1 796, p. 46, On the Stability of Vessels, 

 1798, p. 301. Don George Juan, Examen Maritime, 

 Madrid 1771. This work was translated into French by 

 M. 1'Evesque in 1783. La Place, Mem. Acad. Par. 1776, 

 and Mecanique Celeste, liv. i. chap. iv. viii. liv. iii. chap, 

 iii. iv. Flaugergues, Journal des Sf avans, Oct. 1789. 

 Venturi, Recherches experimentales sur la communication 

 lateral du mouvement dans les Fluides, Paris, 1 797- This 

 work was translated by Nicholson, and published sepa- 

 rately in 1798. It appeared also in his Philosophical 

 Journal, 4to, vol. ii. p. 172. Fabre, Sur les Torrens et 



