The mechanical inventions of Emanuel Swedenborg
By: translated and edited by Alfred Acton
Publisher: Swedenborg Scientific Association
Published: 1939
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 51
Subjects: Inventions; Machine design; Early works to 1800; Mechanical engineering; Design and construction
Table of contents: title: An underwater ship; title: A siphon for raising water; title: Lifting weights by water, and a portable siphon; title: Construction of sluices to raise ships to any height; title: A machine worked by fire which can throw out water; title: An air pump worked by water; title: A new construction of air guns; title: A water clock; title: A flying machine and Daedalus; title: A siphonic machine (for producing vari-colored streams of water forming lilies, columns, a house, etc.); likewise an hydraulic machine for sending out rockets; title: A new method for sailing against the stream when the wind is favorable though the current is opposed; title: A traction machine; title: A simple jack, and also A double jack; title: Description of a crane; title: The first hoisting and shift machine; title: A method of ascertaining the powers and qualities of ships of different kinds and construction; title: A new make of stove; title: A new working of an air pump by means of mercury; title: The Archimedian glass; being an instrument for ascertaining the alloys of metals mechanically and without calculations.