Ivan Avgustovich published almost all of his works on hydraulics in Gornyi Zhurnal. The first article, "On Turbines Installed at the New Gas-Puddling Mill of the Nizhne-Isetsk Plant," appeared in Gornyi Zhurnal in 1863. The article notes that as soon as Ivan Avgustovich assumed the position of Yekaterinburg Plant Mechanic, the construction of the puddling and welding mill at the Nizhne-Isetsk Plant was immediately entrusted to him, where he installed a Schiele turbine and constructed two Jonval turbines.