A rich cabinet with variety of inventions: unlock'd and open'd, for the recreation of ingenious sirpits at their vacant hours : Being receits and conceits of severall natures, and fit for those who are lovers of natural and artificial conclusions. As also variety of recreative fire-works, both for land, air, and vvater. And fire works of service, for sea and shore. Whereunto is added divers experiments in drawing, painting, arithmetick, geometry, astronomy, and other parts of the mathematicks. Collected by J. W. a lover of artificial conclusions.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

White, John, -1671.

Series:

Early English books online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Handbooks, vade-mecums, etc--Early works to 1800.

Handbooks, vade-mecums, etc.

Fireworks--Early works to 1800.

Fireworks.

Chemistry--Early works to 1800.

Chemistry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (16 unnumbered pages, 191 pages, 1 unnumbered page) : illustrations

Edition:

The third edition, with many additions.

Other Title:

Rich cabinet with variety of inventions: unlock'd and open'd, for the recreation of ingenious spirits at their vacant hours

Added engraved title page: Rich cabinet with variety of inventions in several arts and siences

Place of Publication:

London : printed for VVilliam Gilbertson at the sign of the Bible without New-gate in Giltspur-street, 1658.

System Details:

text file

Notes:

The epistle is signed: John White.

A1v contains "The authour to his book" (in verse); A1r is blank.

With four preliminary index leaves.

Stained and tightly bound; some print show-through.

Reproduction of the original in the British Library.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 2162:14) s1999 miun s

Cited in:

Wing (2nd edition, 1994) W1790A

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.