Nouvelle Theorie du Jaugeage des Batiments de Mer d'apres le Systeme Metrique.
Paris: C.-F. 1817. 5 large folding plates of diagrams. 52pp. 8vo. 1/4 contemporary red leather (rubbed). Paris, 1817. Scarce. Very good (+). Treatise by a mathematics professor on his new method, based on the metric system, for measuring the drawing capacity of ships. More