{"product_id":"histoire-du-canal-du-midi-connu-precedemment-sous-le-nom-de-canal-de-languedoc-paperback-9781108073646","title":"Histoire du Canal du Midi; Connu précédemment sous le nom de Canal de Languedoc (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108073646","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eHistoire du Canal du Midi\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eConnu précédemment sous le nom de Canal de Languedoc\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublished in 1800, this work outlines the history, topography and construction of this important seventeenth-century French canal.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAntoine-François Andréossy (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108073646, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 6 November 2014\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e428 pages, 1 b\/w illus.  1 table\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 2.4 cm, 0.54 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eOfficially opened in 1682, the Canal du Midi, designed and built by the engineers Pierre-Paul Riquet and François Andréossy, stretched from Toulouse to the Mediterranean. The present work was written by Andréossy's descendant, Antoine-François Andréossy (1761–1828), a French general and diplomat. A member of the Académie des Sciences, he analyses here the terrain of the south of France to show how and why the canal was built. Notably, the work became known for the author's argument that Riquet had usurped the glory that really belonged to his ancestor. Concluding with original documents from the period of the canal's construction, along with an appendix giving details on the canal's route, the book is reissued here in its first edition of 1800. A second edition appeared in 1804, and a third edition was begun but never completed.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eDiscours préliminaire\u003cbr\u003e 1. Projet du canal du Midi\u003cbr\u003e 2. Les étangs maritimes et les étangs de l'interieur\u003cbr\u003e 3. Analyse du tracé et des ouvrages d'art du canal du Midi\u003cbr\u003e 4. De la comparaison des produits et des consummations des sources et des prises d'eau du canal du Midi\u003cbr\u003e 5. Des moyens d'augmenter le volume des eaux du canal du Midi\u003cbr\u003e 6. De l'administration du canal du Midi\u003cbr\u003e 7. Discussion sur le véritable auteur du projet et de la construction du canal du Midi\u003cbr\u003e Notes.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History of science [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of science\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20science%20%5BPDX%5D%22\"\u003ePDX\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46266183352600,"sku":"9781108073646","price":33.65,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108073646i_cc5b9f95-37ea-43c3-8e10-fa4d320b5e88.jpg?v=1696751468","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/histoire-du-canal-du-midi-connu-precedemment-sous-le-nom-de-canal-de-languedoc-paperback-9781108073646","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}