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2017New English Paperback. 4to. (27 x 20 cm). In English, German, and Turkish. 250 p., ills. Health and water-culture in history.= Gesundheit und wasserkultur in der Geschichte.= Tarihte saglik ve su kültürü.
1991Very Good Russian Paperback. Cr. 8vo. (20 x 14 cm). In Russian. 79, [2] p., b/w plates. Karakumskii kanal i ego djizn'. [= The Karakum Canal and its story]. The Karakum Canal in Turkmenistan is one of the largest irrigation and water supply canals in the world. Started in 1954, and completed in 1988, it is navigable over much of its 1,375-kilometre (854 mi) length, and carries 13 cubic kilometres (3.1 cu mi) of water annually from the Amu-Darya River across the Karakum Desert in Turkmenistan. The canal opened up huge new tracts of land to agriculture, especially to cotton monoculture heavily promoted by the Soviet Union, and supplying Ashgabat with a major source of water. Unfortunately, the primitive construction of the canal allows almost 50 percent of the water to escape en route, creating lakes and ponds along the canal, and a rise in groundwater leading to widespread soil salinization problems. The canal is also a major factor leading to the Aral Sea environmental disaster. The current Karakum Canal was not the first major attempt to bring the Amu-Darya water to the Karakums. In the early 1950s, construction began on the Main Turkmen Canal which would start at a much more northerly location (near Nukus), and run southwest toward Krasnovodsk. The canal would have used around 25 percent of the Amu-Darya's water. The works were abandoned after the death of Joseph Stalin, the current Karakum Canal route being chosen instead. Reservoirs such as Hanhowuz Reservoir were created to help regulate it.
2017Fine English Paperback. 4to. (26 x 20 cm). In Turkish. 520 p., color and b/w ills. Osmanli dönemi Istanbul su tarihi.
2018New Turkish Paperback. Demy 8vo. (21 x 14 cm). In Turkish. 98 p., ills. II. Abdülhamid'in tarimsal kalkinma hamlesi: Konya Ovasi sulama projesi.
1933Very Good Turkish Paperback. Some rubbed on cover. 4to. (28 x 20 cm). In Turkish. 16, [6] p., 6 unnumbered b/w plates. Cümhuriyet Türkiyesi, elektrikli Türkiye. Book includes first works from on the electricity supplied and opening of the last electric factory in Turkey, first ten years of early Republican period, 1923-1933, with fine plates and statistical tables. Hasan Halet Isikpinar, was a Turkish engineer and professor. He initially graduated from Robert College as an electrical engineer in 1916, being the first Turkish graduate of the engineering department. He advanced his studies to receive a degree of mechanical engineering from the same institution in 1922. After his assistantship in Robert College from 1923 to 1925, he attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology until 1928 and graduated as the first Turkish student of the university. He kept his tenure as a professor in Robert College in the department of engineering until 1934, where he contributed to the advancement of the department of electrical engineering to a significant extent. He led over 800 engineering projects in Turkey, majority of which being the first examples within the newly founded Turkish Republic. He was fluent in multiple languages including English, French, German and Italian, with his most notable works including widely sourced engineering books in these languages, including "L'Industrie Electrique et les Ressources Motrices de la Turquie", in which he stressed the importance of Turkey as a petroleum resource. He later presented his findings on the topic to Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. He is the son of Mehmet Halit Taspinar, a government officer with civilian Pasha rank equals to Ferik in the government of Abdul Hamid II, best known for passing critical government correspondence to Mustafa Kemal Atatürk during the Turkish War of Independence to support 'Kuva-yi Milliye' (National Forces). First and Only Edition. Extremely rare. Only 2 copies in OCLC 254443059.
1932Very Good French Paperback. Some rubbed on spine and little stains on last pages. A good copy. 4to. (28 x 20 cm). In French. [vii], [1], 66, [17] p., 37 numerous b/w plates. Hasan Halet Isikpinar, is a Turkish engineer and professor. He initially graduated from Robert College as an electrical engineer in 1916, being the first Turkish graduate of the engineering department. He advanced his studies to receive a degree of mechanical engineering from the same institution in 1922. After his assistantship in Robert College from 1923 to 1925, he attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology until 1928 and graduated as the first Turkish student of the university. He kept his tenure as a professor in Robert College in the department of engineering until 1934, where he contributed to the advancement of the department of electrical engineering to a significant extent. He led over 800 engineering projects in Turkey, majority of which being the first examples within the newly founded Turkish Republic. He was fluent in multiple languages including English, French, German and Italian, with his most notable works including widely sourced engineering books in these languages, including "L'Industrie Electrique et les Ressources Motrices de la Turquie", in which he stressed the importance of Turkey as a petroleum resource. He later presented his findings on the topic to Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. He is the son of Mehmet Halit Taspinar, a government officer with civilian Pasha rank equals to Ferik in the government of Abdul Hamid II, best known for passing critical government correspondence to Mustafa Kemal Atatürk during the Turkish War of Independence to support 'Kuva-yi Milliye'. First and Only Edition. Extremely rare. Not in OCLC.; Not in TBTK.
1990New English Paperback. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). Introduction in English and Turkish; [360] p. color facsimiles of the earliest of all copies, dating 1206 (preserved in the Library of Topkapi Serai, Istanbul, No. 3472), color ills. The book of knowledge of ingenious mechanical devices.= Olaganüstü mekanik araçlarin bilgisi hakkinda kitap. [FACSIMILE]. Al-Jazari was a Muslim polymath: a scholar, inventor, mechanical engineer, artisan, artist and mathematician. He is best known for writing 'The Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices'. Kitab fi ma'rifat al-hiyal al-handasiya, (lit. 'Book in knowledge of engineering tricks') in 1206, where he described 100 mechanical devices, some 80 of which are trick vessels of various kinds, along with instructions on how to construct them. The only biographical information known about him is contained in his famed Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices. Like his father before him, he served as chief engineer at the Artuklu Palace, the residence of the Mardin branch of the Artuqids which ruled across eastern Anatolia as vassals of the Zengid dynasty of Mosul and later of Ayyubid general Saladin. Al-Jazari was part of a tradition of artisans and was thus more a practical engineer than an inventor who appears to have been "more interested in the craftsmanship necessary to construct the devices than in the technology which lay behind them" and his machines were usually "assembled by trial and error rather than by theoretical calculation." His Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices appears to have been quite popular as it appears in a large number of manuscript copies, and as he explains repeatedly, he only describes devices he has built himself. According to Mayr, the book's style resembles that of a modern "do-it-yourself" book. Some of his devices were inspired by earlier devices, such as one of his monumental water clocks, which was based on that of a Pseudo-Archimedes. He also cites the influence of the Banu Musa brothers for his fountains, al-Saghani for the design of a candle clock, and Hibatullah ibn al-Husayn (d. 1139) for musical automata. Al-Jazari goes on to describe the improvements he made to the work of his predecessors, and describes a number of devices, techniques and components that are original innovations which do not appear in the works by his precessors. The most significant aspect of al-Jazari's machines are the mechanisms, components, ideas, methods, and design features which they employ. (Source: Wikipedia). There are 50 devices that Al Jazari designed and explained how they function in his book and created technical drawings of them in such detail that allow to reconstruct in its original size, make, model and full functionally. This nice facsimile edition, fully executed in color, is based on a manuscript present in the Library of Topkapi Palace, (ms. no. 3472). It is dated 1206, andaccording to the foreword, is the earliest extant ccopy of al-Jazarî's work.
1964in 4°, tela edit. con titoli oro al piatto e al dorso, tracce di scotch ai fogli di guardia
1983in 4°, bross. edit. con sovrac. e cofanetto rigido muto
1941in 16°, tela edit. con titoli e logo impressi al piatto e al dorso, tagli colorati, piccole rotture alla cuffia inf., firma di appartenenza, leggermente allentato
1963bross. edit. ill., lievi fioriture
cartone edit. con titoli al piatto ant. e al dorso, minima rottura al dorso, lievi bruniture
1898in francese 2 voll. rilegati in mezza tela con angoli, titoli al dorso, firma di appartenenza
in 8° grande, fascicolo di 24 pp., gora in cop., data presuntiva 1951
1947n.4 bross. edit. ill. con bandelle, lievi fioriture, piccole rotture in cop.
1952bross. edit. con sovrac. ill., rotture e mancanze in sovrac.
1861in 4°, fascicolo di 40 pp., cop. edit. cartacea con fregi, rotture al dorso
in 8° oblungo, ril. mezza tela muta con angoli, piatti marmorizzati usurati ai bordi, cerniera allentata, al lato di ciascuna pagina spazio per gli appunti dell'allievo, alcune pagine con appunti a penna, data presuntiva 1926
in 8° oblungo, ril. mezza tela muta con angoli, piatti marmorizzati usurati ai bordi, cerniera allentata, al lato di ciascuna pagina spazio per gli appunti dell'allievo, alcune pagine con appunti a penna data presuntiva 1926
18172 voll. legatura coeva in mezza pelle con angoli, fregi e titoli oro entro tasselli al dorso, leggere rotture alle cuffie sup., piatti marmorizzati, lievi spellature e usura degli angoli, rare fioriture, volume secondo -1818
1999testo in inglese a fine volume in 4°, tela edit. con titoli in nero al dorso, cofanetto rigido edit. ill., lievissima macchia al taglio
1928in 16°, bross. edit., testo e illustrazioni entro riquadro rosso, lievi fioriture, firme di appartenenza
1926in 16°, bross. edit., testo e illustrazioni entro riquadro rosso, firme di appartenenza
1923in 4°, bross. edit., dorso muto, rottura al dorso, piccola mancanza all'angolo sup. della prima pag. bianca, fioriture in cop., manca l'ultima tavola, tavola n. I staccata dalla legatura
in 16°, tela edit. con titoli oro, abrasioni e macchie in cop., anni '50
