Description
A Demonstration of a Diving Engine
Jacob Rowe
Facsimile of the original manuscript.
No. 2 of a limited edition of 750 copies
Rowe’s treatise on diving, describing in detail how his apparatus was constructed and used. Not only is Rowe’s treatise the first known English monograph on diving, it is also one of only a handful of treatises on the subject, in any language, written during the eighteenth century.
Hardback with dust jacket in excellent condition. Reg Vallintine book plate on inside front cover.
40 pages
Black and white and sepia illustrations
195 mm x 255 mm (7.75 in x 10 in)
2000, The Historical Diving Society