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New and rare inventions of water-works; shewing the easiest ways to raise water higher than the spring. By which invention, the perpetual motion is proposed, many hard labours performed, and varieties of motions and sounds produced ...

Title
New and rare inventions of water-works; shewing the easiest ways to raise water higher than the spring. By which invention, the perpetual motion is proposed, many hard labours performed, and varieties of motions and sounds produced ... First written in French by Isaac de Cavs ... And now translated into English by John Leak.
Author
Caus, Isaac de, 1590-1648.
Publication
London, Printed for T. Shelmerdine, 1701.

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Additional Authors
  • Caus, Salomon de, -1626.
  • Leak, John.
Description
34 p. 26 pl., illus.; 32 cm.
Alternative Title
  • Theorie of the conduct of water
  • Of forcible movements
Subjects
Note
  • Caption- and running-title, p. [1]-16: The theorie of the conduct of water. Running title, p. 18-34: Of forcible movements.
  • Translation of Isaac de Caus' "Nouvelle invention de lever l'eau," 1644, which was based on Salomon de Caus' "Les raisons des forces movvantes auec diuerses machines," Francfort, 1615. Includes descriptions and illustrations of various musical automata and of a hydraulic barrel-organ.
Call Number
(Parsons) VDCP+ (Caus. New and rare inventions of water-works)
OCLC
39609365
Author
Caus, Isaac de, 1590-1648.
Title
New and rare inventions of water-works; shewing the easiest ways to raise water higher than the spring. By which invention, the perpetual motion is proposed, many hard labours performed, and varieties of motions and sounds produced ... First written in French by Isaac de Cavs ... And now translated into English by John Leak.
Imprint
London, Printed for T. Shelmerdine, 1701.
Edition
Second edition corrected: Adorned with 61 cuts.
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Caus, Salomon de, -1626.
Leak, John. Translator
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(Parsons) VDCP+ (Caus. New and rare inventions of water-works)
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