416 THE CENTURY, 



fame time the lower-moft taketh it 

 in, though it be an hundred fathom 

 high. 



[A Balance Water-work.&quot;] It is to be regretted that 

 we have nothing at present to aid us in offering a de 

 scription at all approaching the singular construction of 

 this hydraulic machine. There are some curious designs 

 given in the description of M. Grollier de Servi&re s 

 cabinet, 1719, but we have never seen any plan fully 

 realizing the effect above indicated. 



21. 



How to raife water conftantly 

 with two Buckets onely day and 

 night, without any other force then 

 its own motion, using not fo much 

 as any force, wheel, or fucker, nor 

 more pullies then one, on which 

 the cord or chain rolleth with a 

 Bucket faftened at each end. This, 

 I confefs, 4 I have feen and learned 5 

 of the great Mathematician Claudius^ 

 7 his ftudies at Rome, he having 

 made a Prefent thereof unto a 

 Cardinal ; and I desire not to own 

 any other mens 8 inventions, but if 

 I fet down any, to nominate like- 

 wife the inventor. 



confess to have seen. 5 in the great Mathematician s study, Clauius at Home. 

 6 Clauius. 7 Clavius s Studies at Koine. P. 8 man s. MS. and F. 



