452 THE CENTURY, 



In a second application, the long screw may be used 

 to propel the short one, to raise water a moderate height. 



Or, thirdly, the enlargement may form the upper end, 

 and be used to propel from above, instead of from be 

 low, as at first described. 



56. 



To provide and make that all the 

 Weights of the defcending fide of a 

 Wheel fhall be perpetually further 

 from the Centre, then thofe of the 

 mounting fide, and yet equal in 

 number and heft to 7 the one fide as 

 the other. A moft incredible thing, 

 if not feen, but tried before the 

 late king (of 8 blefled memory) in 

 the Tower, by my directions, two 

 Extraordinary Embaffadors accom 

 panying His Majefty, and the Duke 

 of Richmond and Duke 9 Hamilton, 

 with 1 moft 2 of the Court, attending 

 Him. The Wheel was 14. Foot 3 

 over, and 40. Weights of 50. pounds 

 apiece. Sir William Balfore^* then 

 Lieutenant of the Towerf can juf- 



7 of for to. MS. and P. 8 of happy and glorious. MS. and P. 9 of, omitted. 



1 and for with. 2 most part. 3 feet. P. Belford. MS. and P. 



5 and yet living can. 



* Among the Additional Manuscripts in the British Museum occurs No. 6176, 

 a MS. volume, containing at folio 16, Z&amp;gt;, a &quot; Certificate of the Armory in the Tower,&quot; 

 signed among others by &quot; W. Balfour,&quot; Lieutenant of the Tower, &quot; 17th Dec. 

 1040.&quot; 



