A descriptive and historical account of hydraulic and other machines for raising water, ancient and modern : with observations on various subjects connected with the mechanic arts: including the progressive development of the steam engine . ountry by the Romans ; and was perhaps previously intro-duced by the Plicnicians, a people, to whom Spain was early indebtedfor many valuable acciuisititwis. It was employed there by the Moors in themiddle ages, under whom the inhabitants enjoyed a degree of prosperityand civiliz-dtion unexampled during any subsequent period of their histo-ry. The arts and
A descriptive and historical account of hydraulic and other machines for raising water, ancient and modern : with observations on various subjects connected with the mechanic arts: including the progressive development of the steam engine . ountry by the Romans ; and was perhaps previously intro-duced by the Plicnicians, a people, to whom Spain was early indebtedfor many valuable acciuisititwis. It was employed there by the Moors in themiddle ages, under whom the inhabitants enjoyed a degree of prosperityand civiliz-dtion unexampled during any subsequent period of their histo-ry. The arts and manufactures were carried to great perfection, so muchso, that in the twelfth century, whde the rest of Europe was in compara-*i ve barbarism, the tissues cf Grenada and Andalusia were highly prizedat Constantinople, and throughout the eastern empire. To the ISIoors ofSpain, Europe was greatly ludebted for the introduction and disseminationof many of the arts of the east; among others they introduced the Asiaticsystem of agriculture, with its insepanible adjunct artijicial irrigation. Weare told they divided the lands into st-iU fields, which were kept constantlyunder tillag3 ; and they conveyed water to the highest and driest spots. No. 54. Spanish Chain of Pots. The chain of pots in Spain, is in the form and material of its vessels Tlic De Re Metallica of George Agricola is invaluable for its account of the hy-draulic eiijiiiifs employed in llie mines of Germany in the IGtli and preceding centuries ; being doubtless similar to those used by the Homans in some of the saiiui mines,and continued unintenuptedlv in use. The first edition of this work was published ). others in ir)5t;—ir)58—15Gl—16-21—and 1657. all at Basil. Brune*/s ManuelDu et De LAmateur de Livres. Paris, 1H20. It is a copy of tlie last editio-?we make use of The author w;is born in 1494. and died in IfviS. See also K rchers Mnndus Subterraneus. Tom. ii. jjp. 195, 228. Chap. 15. Modern C
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