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Record Nr.

UNISA996394866903316

Autore

Mandey Venterus

Titolo

Mechanick-powers: or, the mistery of nature and art unvail'd [[electronic resource] ] : Shewing what great things may be perform'd by mechanick engines, in removing and raising bodies of vast weights with little strength, force; and also the making of machines, or engines, for raising of water, draining of grounds, and several other uses. Together with a treatise of circular motion artificially fitted to mechanick use, and the making of clock-work, and other engins. A work pleasant and profitalbe for all sorts of men, from the hightst to the lowest degree: and never treated of in English but once before, and that but briefly. The whole comprised in ten books, and illustrated with copper cuts. By Ven. Mandey and J. Moxon, Philomat

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : printed for the authors, and sold by Ven. Mandey, next door to the Salmon in Bloomsbery Market, and James Moxon at the Atlas in Warwick-Lane, [1696?]

Descrizione fisica

[12], 315, [5] p., 16 leaves of plate : (metal cuts)

Altri autori (Persone)

MoxonJ (James)

Soggetti

Physics

Mechanical engineering

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Contents: pp. [5-12].

Final three leaves contain advertisement and errata.

Reproduction of the original in the British Library.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0018