P. Gasparis Schotti Mechanica hydraulico-pnevmatica
Subtitle: qua præterquàm quòd aquei elementi natura, proprietas, vis motrix, atque occultus cum aëre conflictus, à primis, fundamentis demonstratur : omnis quoque generis experimenta hydraulico-pnevmatica recluduntur : & absoluta machinarum aquâ & aëre animandrarum ratio ac methodus præscribitur : opus bipartitum, cujus Pars I., Mechanicæ hydraulico-pnevmaticæ theoriam continet : Pars II., Ejusdem praxin exhibet, machinasque aquarias innumeras, uti & organa, aliaque instrumenta, in motum as sonum concitat : nec non varia technasmata, quæ motum perpetuum vi aquæ spondent, exponit : accessit experimentum novum Magdeburgicum, quo vacuum alij stabilire, alij evertere conantur
Series: Landmarks II, monographs
Publisher: Sumptu Heredum Joannis Godefridi Schönwetteri Bibliopol. Francofurtens, excudebat Henricus Pigrin, Typographus Herbipoli
Published: 1657
Place of publication: Francofurti ad Moenum
Language: lat
Format: Microform
Number of pages: 488
Subjects: Kircher, Athanasius, -- 1602-1680; Guericke, Otto von, -- 1602-1686; Hydraulic engineering -- Early works to 1800; Fluids -- Early works to 1800; Musical instruments -- Early works to 1800; Pneumatic machinery -- Early works to 1800
Other titles: Mechanica hydraulico-pneumatica
Notes: Added engraved t.p

Half title dated 1658

An expanded guide to the hydraulic and pneumatic instruments of Athanasius Kircher's Roman Museum, also including the earliest published report of Otto Guericke's experiments on vacuums

Master microform held by: Readex

Includes bibliographical references and index

Microfiche. New Canaan, CT : Readex. microfiches. (Landmarks II, monographs)