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.

by Henry Dircks

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Engraved by J. Cochran.
EDWARD SOMERSET, SECOND MARQUIS OF WORCESTER,
Born about 1601. Died 3^rd. April, 1667
WITH MARGARET, HIS SECOND WIFE, WHO DIED 26^TH. JULY, 1681, AND THEIR ONLY DAUGHTER MARY, WHO DIED AN INFANT.
Drawn by Henry Dircks, C.E. from the Original of Hanneman in the Collection of His Grace the Duke of Beaufort

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,
BY
HENRY DIRCKS, ESQ.,
CIVIL ENGINEER, ETC. ETC.

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Inventas aut qui vitam excoluêre per artes.
Quinque sui memores alios fecere merendo.

Virgil.

How few men of genius are there who have not been the victims of misfortune!

Sir Egerton Brydges, Bart.