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The elements of water-drawing, or a compendious abstract of all sorts of kinds of water-machins or gins used or practised in the world : with their natural grounds and reasons, and what service may be expected from them : as also new exquisite ways and machins never before published. With a philosophical discourse and new discovery of drawing water out of great deeps by fier. Where is also disapproved the perpetual motion, the water-poise, the syphon or philosophers engine, the horizontal sails, with divers other experiments. Published for the improving the service of the mineral world... [etc.]
D'acres, R; Thornton, Robert (1618-1679)
[1660]
Preface signed: R. D'acres. Ascribed on insufficient evidence to Robert Thornton.