 | Cornelius McLeod Percy - 1886 - 674 páginas
...vanity of the man was as great as the talent of the inventor. His famous book was entitled by himself " A century of the names and scantlings of such inventions as at present I can call to mind having tried and perfected (my former notes being lost)." The article referring to his great application... | |
 | James Burnley - 1886 - 420 páginas
...highly important, inventions. He published his "Century" in 1663. This professed to give "the name and scantlings of such inventions as at present I can call to mind to have tried and perfected ; " and included, as its chief feature, what has been generally accepted as being the germ of the steam-engine.... | |
 | Great Britain. Patent Office. Library - 1908 - 336 páginas
...1030. (30,050) :NVEXTIONS : COLLECTIONS— continued. 1655. [ Worcester, Edward Saniertet, Marquis of. A century of the names and scantlings of such inventions as at present I can, call to mind to have tried, etc. London, 1663. 12*.] (Separate Sepi-lnts.) ess»» London, T. Paime, 1746. SSS31* Glasgow, Б.... | |
 | Herbert Arthur Evans - 1911 - 206 páginas
...defend it longer. His son Edward Somerset (1601-1667), second Marquess, is best known as the author of A century of the names and scantlings of such inventions...present I can call to mind to have tried and perfected, written in 1655 and printed in 1663. The sixty-eighth invention, An admirable and most forcible way... | |
 | John Crerar Library, Aksel Gustav Salomon Josephson - 1915 - 512 páginas
...illus., facsims. 2 port. (incl. front.), I fold. plan. 23™. With reproduction of the original t.-p. of "A century of the names and scantlings of such inventions...present I can call to mind to have tried and perfected." "Editions of the Century," p. 374-375. "Catalogue of early scientific works," p. 589-597. "Catalogue... | |
 | Sir Arthur Schuster, Sir Arthur Everett Shipley - 1917 - 398 páginas
...wonderful things in a publication that bears the eccentric title : " A century of the names and skantlings of such inventions as at present I can call to mind...powerful friend endeavoured, now in the year 1655, to set down in such a way as may sufficiently instruct me to put any of them in practice." But his descriptions... | |
 | Dulau & Co., ltd., Booksellers, London - 1925 - 1108 páginas
...Moyle's, Esq. Sm. 8vo., boards, with a leather label, uncut 1726 7/6 972 Worcester (The Marquis of) A Century of the Names and Scantlings of Such INVENTIONS...powerful friend, endeavoured now in the year 1655. I2mo., rebound cloth, gilt, Glasgow, R. &• A. Faults, 1767 io/973 Wycherley (Wm.) Plays. Containing... | |
 | University of Minnesota. Libraries - 1921 - 588 páginas
...non-conformists. np 1663. 47 p. Dated Oct. 16, 1662. 2801. WORCESTER, EDWARD SOMERSET, 2nd marquis. A century of the names and scantlings of such inventions,...friend, endeavoured now, in the year 1655, to set these down in such a way as may sufficiently instruct me to put any of them in practice. 1663. Harleian... | |
 | University of Minnesota. Libraries - 1921 - 588 páginas
...624 p. illus., 2 port. (incl. front.) fold. plan, facsims. With reproduction of the original t.-p. of "A century of the names and scantlings of such inventions...present I can call to mind to have tried and perfected." "Editions of the Century": p. 374-75. "Catalogue of early scientific works": p. 589-97. "Catalogue... | |
 | 1921 - 584 páginas
...624 p. illus., 2 port. (incl. front.) fold, plan, facsims. With reproduction of the original t.-p. of "A century of the names and scantlings of such inventions...present I can call to mind to have tried and perfected." "Editions of the Century": p. 374-75. "Catalogue of early scientific works": p. 589-97. "Catalogue... | |
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A CENTURY OF THE NAMES AND SCANTLINGS OF SUCH INVENTIONS, as at present I can call to mind to have tried and perfected which (my former notes being lost) I have, at the instance of a powerful Friend, endeavoured now in the year 1655 to set these down... 
