Plate XII. An engine of great service to bore elms or other trees to make pipes to conveigh water, and for other uses.

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Title

Plate XII. An engine of great service to bore elms or other trees to make pipes to conveigh water, and for other uses.

Collection

New and rare inventions of water-works: shewing the easiest ways to raise water higher than the spring. By which invention, the perpetual motion is proposed, many hard labours performed, and varieties of motions and sounds produced ...

Names

Caus, Salomon de, d. 1626 (Bibliographic antecedent)
Caus, Isaac de, 1590-1648 (Author)
Leak, John (Translator)

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1701
Place: London
Publisher: Printed for T. Shelmerdine

Library Location

Rare Book Division
Shelf locator: (Parsons) VDCP+ (Caus. New and rare inventions of water-works)

Subjects

Hydraulic engineering

Genres

Engineering Drawings
Illustrations
Prints

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: 39609365
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b13756875
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 2aad3810-c6bd-012f-69c8-58d385a7bc34

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Date Issued

1701

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