Mechanic powers; or the mystery of nature and art unvail'd. Shewing what great things may be perform'd by mechanic engines, in removing and raising bodies of vast weights with little Strength or 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 Mechanic use, and the making of Clock-Work, and other Engines. A Work Pleasant and Profitable for all sorts of Men, from the highest to the lowest Degree: And never treated of in English but once before, and that but briefly. The whole comprized in Ten Books, and illustrated with Copper-Cuts. By Ven. Mandey, Philomat

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• Mechanic powers; or the mystery of nature and art unvail'd. Shewing what great things may be perform'd by mechanic engines, in removing and raising bodies of vast weights with little Strength or 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 Mechanic use, and the making of Clock-Work, and other Engines. A Work Pleasant and Profitable for all sorts of Men, from the highest to the lowest Degree: And never treated of in English but once before, and that but briefly. The whole comprized in Ten Books, and illustrated with Copper-Cuts. By Ven. Mandey, Philomat
• Mechanick powers

People / Organizations

• Venterus Mandey (Author)

Imprint

London: printed for Tho. Shelmerdine, at the Rose-Tree, in Little-Britain, [1709]

Publication year

1709

ESTC No.

T100827

Grub Street ID

154739

Description

[12],315,[5]p.,plates ; 4°.

Note

With an advertisement leaf before the titlepage

A reissue of the 1696 edition, with a cancel titlepage

Price from imprint: Price Bound, 6s. Mathematic Books Sold.