510 THE CENTURY, 



very rare and elaborate clocks to be seen in their 

 Town Halls; wherein a man may read Astronomy, 

 and never look up to the skies.&quot; We are next in 

 formed: &quot; But the exactest clocks and watches that are, 

 are defective, and want correction ; for in watches, 

 the first half hour goes faster than the last half, and 

 the second hour is slower than the first, and the third 

 then the second.&quot; Page 12. 



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A way to lock all the Boxes of a 

 Cabinet, (though never fo many) at 

 one time, which were by particular 

 Keys appropriated to each Lock 

 opened feverally, and independent 7 

 the one of the other, as much as 

 concerneth the opening of them, 

 and by thefe 8 means cannot be left 

 opened unawares. 



T the omitted. 8 this for these. 



[A total locking of Cabinet-boxes. ~] The fact that 

 by this means no one of the several cabinets can u be 

 left opened unawares,&quot; exposes the source of security, 

 namely something like a long key-rod to take hold of 

 each, or a bar extending down one side to overlap, 

 when each cabinet drawer or door is closed. 



80. 



How to make a Piftol Barrel no 

 thicker then a Shilling, and yet able 

 to endure a Mufquet proof of Pow 

 der and Bullet. 



