BEYSE, August Wilhelm
Abhandlung über Oefen zum Erheitzen der Flüssigkeiten, zur Dampf-Erzeugung und zum Eindampfen Oder: Wirklich holzersparende Feueranlagen nach den Versuchen construirt nebst den officiellen Versuchen, welche über diesen Gegenstand in Coblenz und Ehrenbreitstein bei der Fortifikation angestellt wurden und einer Vergleichung des Werthes verschiedener Brennholzarten. Mit fünf Steindrucktafeln
Coblenz, Im Verlag der Neuen Gelehrten Buchhandlung, 1827
12mo, contemporary boards, [lix] 140 p. + 5 plates; good copy
Rare copy of this comprehensive treatise on ovens by August Wilhelm Beyse (1798-1852). Beyse was a Prussian army engineer and responsible for constructing the ovens in the large kitchens of the Koblenz fortifications. When his findings were met with disbelief by the official experts, he published this treatise as a once and for all demonstration on how to improve the combustion technology with significant reduction of wood consumption. Beyse would later publish pioneering works on trains and railways and was chief engineer of Hungary’s first railway. In 1852 he fled to America because of his involvement in riots in Breslau during the German Revolution of 1848.
