The life, times, and scientific labours of the second Marquis of Worcester : to which is added a reprint of his Century of inventions, 1663, with a commentary thereon . limited to a large cistern on thesummit of the Citadel or Donjon, known as the Towerof Gwent. This early work may, in fact, have been theoccasion of calling in the aid of Caspar Kaltoff; and oncethus employed, his after retention by such a master isreadily conceivable. But master, and man, and workshave all disappeared, and no printed, written, or drawnrecord or model remains of the waterworks there setup, to enable us to point
The life, times, and scientific labours of the second Marquis of Worcester : to which is added a reprint of his Century of inventions, 1663, with a commentary thereon . limited to a large cistern on thesummit of the Citadel or Donjon, known as the Towerof Gwent. This early work may, in fact, have been theoccasion of calling in the aid of Caspar Kaltoff; and oncethus employed, his after retention by such a master isreadily conceivable. But master, and man, and workshave all disappeared, and no printed, written, or drawnrecord or model remains of the waterworks there setup, to enable us to point distinctly to precise parti-culars of arrangement. All that the inquisitive andingenious investigator can find to reward his mostprying curiosity, are certain strange mysterious groovesin the external wall of the Citadel, on one side facingthe moat and the castle, which point like a hieroglyphicinscription to the precise place where once stood inactive operation the first practical application in aprimitive form of a means of employing steam as auseful mechanical agent. * TIk Cfiitnvv, Dcdiiatiuii. <-< O 20 LIFE, TIMES, AND SCIENTIFIC LABOUES [ 1 iiiir
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