New and rare inventions of water-works shewing the easiest waies to raise water higher then the spring
Subtitle: by which invention the perpetual motion is proposed : many hard labours performed : and varieties of notions and sounds produced  : a work both usefull profitable and delightfull for all sorts of people
By: first written in French by Isaak de Caus ... ; and now translated into English by John Leak
Contributors: Caus, Salomon de, d. 1626.; Leak, John
Series: Early English books, 1641-1700 -- 449:10
Publisher: Printed by Joseph Moxon ...
Published: 1659
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: Microform
Number of pages: 34
Subjects: Hydraulic engineering -- Early works to 1800; Fountains -- Early works to 1800; Barrel organ, Hydraulic -- Early works to 1800
Work titles: Nouvelle invention de lever l'eau.
Notes: Translation of Isaac de Caus' "Nouvelle invention de lever l'eau," 1644, the text and plates of which were based on Salomon de Caus' "Les raisons de forces movvantes aues diverses machines," Francfort, 1615.  Includes descriptions and illustrations of various musical automata and of a hydraulic barrel-organ

Reproduction of original in Huntington Library

Wing C1527

Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University Microfilms, 1973. 1 microfilm reel : 35 mm. (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 449:10)

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