Mechanic powers; or the mystery of nature and art unvail'd. Shewing what great things may be perform'd by mechanic engines, in removing and raising bodies of vast weights with little Strength or Force; and also the making of Machines or Engines, for raising of Water, draining of Grounds, and several other Uses. Together, With a Treatise of Circular Motion artificially fitted to Mechanic use, and the making of Clock-Work, and other Engines. A Work Pleasant and Profitable for all sorts of Men, from the highest to the lowest Degree: And never treated of in English but once before, and that but briefly. The whole comprized in Ten Books, and illustrated with Copper-Cuts. By Ven. Mandey, Philomat.

Date:

[1709]