1660.] OF THE MARQUIS OF WORCESTER. 225 



&quot; 5. A holme, or stern, with bit and reins, wherewith 

 any child may guide, order, and control the whole 

 operation. 



&quot; 6. A particular magazine for water, according to 

 the intended height and quantity. 



&quot; 7. An aqueduct, capable of any intended quantity, 

 or height of water. 



&quot; 8. A place for the original fountain, or even river, 

 to run into, and naturally of its own accord to incorpo 

 rate itself with the rising water, and at the very bottom 

 of the same aqueduct, though never so big or high.&quot; 



This communication affords the earliest distinct refer 

 ence to the Water-commanding Engine, and renders it 

 reasonable to suppose that similar written copies of the 

 &quot; Definition&quot; were in circulation at the same period, if 

 not earlier. 



The letter itself is peculiarly interesting for the 

 insight it gives us into a distinguishing trait in his 

 mental constitution, when he observes : &quot; a humoiir I 

 have, never to be contented to produce any invention 

 the second time without appearing refined&quot; He seems 

 to have had no idea of cessation in invention. It was 

 in this self-same spirit that he dedicated his &quot; Century&quot; 

 to the Houses of Parliament : &quot; The more you shall be 

 pleased to make use of my inventions, the more inven 

 tive shall you ever find me, one invention begetting still 

 another.&quot; 



It is rather remarkable that, with this exception, his 

 inventions are never named either in his own or his 

 family s correspondence ; indeed the latter may have 

 considered the circumstance as more marking his mis 

 fortune, than calculated to bring him enduring fame. 



The death of Cromwell, the short reign of his son, 

 and the proclamation of Charles the Second on the 

 8th of May, 1660, followed by his triumphal entry into 



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