20. Among his other contemporaries were Sir Samuel Morland, Dr. Wallis, Sir Christopher Wren, Sir Isaac Newton, and many more, who, however, (so far as is at present known,) are silent in regard to all matters relating to the Marquis.
[1] Dedication to "The Century of Inventions."
[2] See Worcesteriana, 8vo. 1866, page 257.
[3] See engraving and account of it in The Life, Times, and Scientific Labours of the Marquis of Worcester, 8vo. p. 398. 1865.
[4] Ibid, page 180.
[5] For lists of the names of members on the several Committees appointed on the occasion of this Act being applied for, see—"The Life, Times, &c.," 8vo. 1866, pages 254-5.
[6] From "Worcesteriana," 8vo. 1866, page viii.
[7] He was the author of a pamphlet now very rare, and which is absurdly enough attributed by Horace Walpole to the Marquis of Worcester. A reprint will be found in "The Life, Times, and Scientific Labours of the Marquis of Worcester," 8vo. 1866, page 559. It contains the following intimation to the reader:—
"I think it not amiss to give further notice in his Lordship's behalf, that he intends within a month or two, to erect an Office, and to entrust some very responsible and honourable persons with power to treat and conclude with such as desire at a reasonable rate, to reap the benefit of the same Water-commanding Engine."