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The elements of water-drawing, or, [A] compendious abstract of a[ll sorts of kinds] of water-machins or gins used or pr[actis]ed in the world : with their natural grounds and reasons, and what service may be expected from them : as also new exquisite ways and machins never before published : with a philosophical discourse and new discovery of drawing water out of great deeps by fier : where is also disapproved the perpetual motion, the water-poise, the syphon or philosophers engine, the horizontal sails, with divers other experiments / published for the improving the service of the mineral world ...
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- D'acres, R.
- Series:
- Early English books online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Pumping machinery--Early works to 1800.
- Pumping machinery.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (5 unnumbered pages, 41 pages)
- Other Title:
- Compendius abstract of all sorts and kinds of water-machins or gins used or practised in the world.
- R. D'acres's The art of water-drawing.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Printed by Tho. Leach for Henry Brome, [1659?]
- System Details:
- text file
- Notes:
- Preface signed: R. D'acres.
- Ascribed on insufficient evidence to Robert Thornton.
- Imprint date handwritten on t.p.; Wing suggests 1660.
- Reproduction of original in the British Library.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books, 641-1700 ; 1423:4) s1999 miun s
- Cited in:
- Wing E494.
- OCLC:
- 11081411
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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