A rich cabinet, with variety of inventions: unlock'd and open'd, for the recreation of ingenious spirits at their vacant hours. Being receipts and conceits of several natures, and fit for those who are lovers of natural and artificial conclusions. As also variety of recreative fire-works both for land, air, and water. And fire-works of service for sea and shore. Whereunto is added divers experiments in drawing, painting, arithmetick, geometry, astronomy, and other parts of the mathematicks. Likewise directions for ringing the most usual peals, that belong to that art. Collected by J. W. a lover of artificial conclusions

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• A rich cabinet, with variety of inventions: unlock'd and open'd, for the recreation of ingenious spirits at their vacant hours. Being receipts and conceits of several natures, and fit for those who are lovers of natural and artificial conclusions. As also variety of recreative fire-works both for land, air, and water. And fire-works of service for sea and shore. Whereunto is added divers experiments in drawing, painting, arithmetick, geometry, astronomy, and other parts of the mathematicks. Likewise directions for ringing the most usual peals, that belong to that art. Collected by J. W. a lover of artificial conclusions
• Rich cabinet with variety of invensions in several arts and siences

People / Organizations

• John White (Author)

Imprint

London : printed for William Whitwood at the sign of the Golden Bell in Duck-Lane near Smith-field, 1677. The fifth edition, with many additions.; ..

Publication year

1677

ESTC No.

R219958

Grub Street ID

94424

Description

[14], 190, 41, [1] p. : ill. (woodcuts) ; 8°.

Note

J.W. = John White

With an additional title page, engraved: A rich cabinet with variety of invensions in several arts and siences

With a final advertisment page

Text and register continuous despite pagination.