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

PRINCIPALLY ANTERIOR TO THE PUBLICATION OF THE CENTURY OF INVENTIONS, IN 1663;

WITH A FEW MODERN AUTHORITIES ON MECHANICAL INVENTIONS, AFFORDING COLLATERAL ILLUSTRATIONS.

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