R. D'acres's The art of water-drawing
By: published by Henry Brome, at the Gun in Ivie land London 1659 and 1660, with introduction and a diagram by Rhys Jenkins.
Contributors: Thornton, Robert, 1618-1679, supposed author.; Jenkins, Rhys, ed.
Series: The Newcomen Society for the Study of History of Engineering & Technology. Extra publication; no. 2
Publisher: Pub. for the Newcomen Society by W. Heffer & Sons ltd.
Published: 1930
Place of publication: Cambridge [Eng.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 41
Subjects: Pumping machinery -- Early works to 1800.
Other titles: The art of water-drawing.; The elements of water-drawing.
Notes: With reproduction of original title-pages of both editions.
"The book made its first appearance with the title 'The elements of water drawing', etc., towards the end of 1659."--Introd., p. vi. Preface signed: R. D'acres.
Ascribed on insufficient evidence to Robert Thornton.