New and rare inventions of water-works shewing the easiest waies to raise water higher then the spring : by which invention the perpetual motion is proposed : many hard labours performed : and varieties of notions and sounds produced : a work both usefull profitable and delightfull for all sorts of people / first written in French by Isaak de Caus ... ; and now translated into English by John Leak.
| Author/creator | Caus, Isaac de |
| Other author | Caus, Salomon de, d. 1626. |
| Other author | Leak, John. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | London : Printed by Joseph Moxon ..., 1659. |
| Description | [6], 34 p. : ill., xxvi pl. |
| Supplemental Content | https://search.proquest.com/docview/2240907418 |
| Subjects |
| Uniform title | Nouvelle invention de lever l'eau. English |
| Series | Early English books online. ^A888680 |
| General note | Translation of Isaac de Caus' "Nouvelle invention de lever l'eau," 1644, the text and plates of which were based on Salomon de Caus' "Les raisons de forces movvantes aues diverses machines," Francfort, 1615. Includes descriptions and illustrations of various musical automata and of a hydraulic barrel-organ. |
| General note | Reproduction of original in Huntington Library. |
| References | Wing C1527 |
| Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 449:10) |
| Stock number | CL0037000013 ProQuest Information and Learning. 300 N. Zeeb Rd., Ann Arbor, MI 48106 |
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