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 . f itself render a soft and pleasant harmony when exposed to the sunarays, but being removed into the shade would presently become silent-The reason of it was this; the warmth of the sun working upon seme 7^^/?«<<^« of the new and old phisicke, wherein is contained the most excelfent secretsofphisicice and philosophic, derided iniofoiire Books—in the t
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 . f itself render a soft and pleasant harmony when exposed to the sunarays, but being removed into the shade would presently become silent-The reason of it was this; the warmth of the sun working upon seme 7^^/?«<<^« of the new and old phisicke, wherein is contained the most excelfent secretsofphisicice and philosophic, derided iniofoiire Books—in the tchich arc the best approved rema-dit:s for the diseases, as 7ccU inrcard as oiiticard. of al the parts of mans body: trcatina veraainplie of al distilUuions of icaters, ofoylcs. balines, quintessences, icith the extraction (faitt-Jicial suites, the rse and preparation of antimony, and potable gold, gathered out of fhe btiland most approved authours, by that ercellrnt Doctor Gesvents. Also the pictures and manerto make the vessels, furnaces and other instruments thereunto belonging, \eirly rorrtcttdund published in Eiiglishe, by George Baker, one of tlie (^uetnes MajeslUs chiefe Cnirurgmmin ordiiM-y. London, Black Letter, No. 176 Distilling by the Suns Heat 38a Brazen AUars. [Book IV moisture Witliin It, auJ rarefying the inward air unto so great an extensionthat it must needs seek Tor v ?iit or issue, did thereby give several motionsunto the instrument. (Math. Magic, Book ii, chap. 1.) Decais, besides his explanation of the vocal statue of Egypt, has givena description of a musical summer, a device apparently similar to Dreb-bles ; and in the twenty-second piate of his work he has figured anotherwhich Switzer has copied into his .system of hydrostatics. Tiie heat of the sun is too uncertain to be relied upon in those pro-jects that require immediate and certain results. During the evening,night, and early dawn, nothing could be effected ; and even in mid-day,clouds a
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