 | John Britton - Architecture - 1814 - 842 pages
...merit. He died soon after the Restoration, in 1667, after he had published an amazing piece of folly, " a Century of the names and scantlings of such inventions as at present I can call to mind to have Uied and perfected (.my former notes being lost.") Among other siUy things, this tanght " how to nse... | |
 | 1825 - 458 pages
...Auga,t, THE COUNCIL OF TKV A Century of the Nantes and Scantlings of such Invention! as at pretent I can call to mind to have tried and perfected (which, my former Notes being last) I have, at the inttance of a powerful Friend, endeavoured mm, m the year 1655, to set these down... | |
 | 1822 - 734 pages
...machine the steam engine, had gone through several editions unknown to Lord Orford. The first was " A Century of the Names and Scantlings of such Inventions, as at present 1 can call to mind to have tried and perfected, which (my former notes being lost) I have, at the instance... | |
 | Science - 1825 - 616 pages
...by far the most renowned. A book was published by the Marquis himself in 1663, under the title of " A Century of the Names and Scantlings of such Inventions...powerful friend, endeavoured now, in the year 1655, to net these down in such a way as may sufficiently instruct me to put any of them in practice," When... | |
 | Robert Stuart - Inventors - 1829 - 510 pages
...he alludes as containing the " heads" of his experiments, was published in 1663, under the title of "A century of the names and scantlings of such inventions,...friend, endeavoured, now in the year 1655, to set down in such a way, as may sufficiently instruct me to pat any of them in practice." The novelty of... | |
 | Robert Stuart - Inventors - 1829 - 550 pages
...alludes as coataining the " heads" of his experiments, was published in 1663, under the title of " A century of the names and scantlings of such inventions,...and perfected, which, my former notes being lost, 1 have, at the instance of a powerful friend, endeavoured, now in the year 1655, to set down in such... | |
 | Robert Stuart - Steam-engines - 1829 - 372 pages
...much truth " an amazing piece of folly," was published by the Marquis himself, under the title of " A Century of the Names and Scantlings of such Inventions...present I can call to mind to have tried and perfected, (my former notes being lost,) 1663."* It had two dedications : the first to King Charles II. ; and... | |
 | John Burke - Baronetage - 1832 - 712 pages
...was privy to the negotiation. The Marquess of Worcester left behind him a literary work, entitled " A century of the names and scantlings of such inventions,...and perfected, which (my former notes being lost) 1 have, at the instance of a powerful friend, endeavoured now, in the year 1055, to set these down... | |
 | Edmund Lodge - Great Britain - 1835 - 294 pages
...; and in 1663, published in London a syllabus of the results of his labours, with this title — " A Century of the Names and Scantlings of such Inventions...the instance of a powerful friend, endeavoured now to set these down in such a way as may sufficiently instruct me to put any of them in practice." It... | |
 | Edmund Lodge - Great Britain - 1835 - 286 pages
...results of his labours, with this title — " A Century of the Names and Scantlings of such Invention as at present I can call to mind to have tried and...the instance of a powerful friend, endeavoured now to set these down in such a way as may sufficiently instruct me to put any of them in practice." It... | |
| |
A Century of the Names and Scantlings of such Inventions as at present I can call to mind to have tried and perfected... 
