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.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mandey, Venterus.

Series:

Eighteenth century collections online. Part 1.

Standardized Title:

Mechanick powers

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mechanical engineering--Early works to 1800.

Mechanical engineering.

Physical Description:

12 unnumbered pages,315 pages, 5 unnumbered pages,plates ; 4⁰

Place of Publication:

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

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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Notes:

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.

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. s2009 miunns

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T100827.

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