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 InfoLondon : Printed by Joseph Moxon ..., 1659.
Description[6], 34 p. : ill., xxvi pl.
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Uniform titleNouvelle invention de lever l'eau. English
SeriesEarly English books online. ^A888680
General noteTranslation 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 noteReproduction of original in Huntington Library.
References Wing C1527
Reproduction noteElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 449:10)
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