Author: WHITE, [Thomas].
Title: Mr White's account of his plantation at Butsfield, in Durham. Received, Feb. 2, 1786. With SMEATON, John. [Material] concerning the hydraulic engine, invented by Mr. William Westgarth of Colecleugh in the County of Northumberland, for raising water by water. [Both contained in] Transactions of the Society instituted at London, for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce; with the premiums offered in the year 1787. Vol. V.
Description: London: printed by T C Hansard for the Society, 1822 3rd edition. 8vo. xiii[iii], 180pp, [14]pp index, frontis with tissue-guard, 4 copper-engraved plates. Original parchment-backed blue paper boards, printed paper spine label, uncut/unopened. Parchment soiled; board corners worn. * Two substantial pieces of North East England interest contained in this informative periodical.

Keywords: Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce North East England Agriculture Hydraulics