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Description: Engraving for a work published by Nicolas Fatio de Duillier in 1699, describing his invention of sloping fruit walls, intended to collect heat from sunlight and thus to promote plant growth. Fatio's proposal was eventually superseded by modern greenhouses.
Title: 2016 NYR 12262 0028 000(fatio de duillier nicolas fruit-walls improved by inclining them to th)
Credit: Fatio de Duillier, Nicolas. Fruit-Walls Improved, By Inclining them to the Horizon: or, a way to build walls for fruit-trees. London: R. Everingham, 1699
Author: Nicolas Fatio de Duillier (1664-1753)
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