534: THE CENTURY, 



oufly by me 2 contrived, that a 

 Child s force bringeth up an hun 

 dred foot 3 high an incredible quantity 

 of water, even two foot 3 Diameter, 

 4 fo naturally, that the work will not 

 be heard even into the next Room ; 

 and with fo great eafe and Geome 

 trical Symmetry, that though it 

 work day and night from one end 

 of the year to the other, it will not 

 require forty {hillings reparation to 

 the whole Engine, nor hinder ones 

 day-work. 4 And I may boldly call 

 it The moft Jtupendious Work in the 

 whole world: not onely with little 

 charge to drein all forts of Mines, 

 and furnifh Cities with water, though 

 never fo high feated, as well to 

 keep them fweet, running through 

 feveral ftreets, and fo performing 

 the work of Scavengers, as well as 

 furnifhing the Inhabitants with suffi 

 cient water for their private occa- 

 fions ; but like wife fupplying Rivers 5 



2 by me omitted. 3 feet. P. 



1 The sentence : &quot; So naturally, that the work will not be heard even in the next 

 room, and with so great ease and geometrical symmetry, that though it work day 

 and night from one end of the year to the other, it will not require forty shillings 

 reparation to the whole Engine, nor hinder one s day-work&quot; does not appear in the 

 MS. and is omitted by Partington in his edition. 



5 the rivers. P. 



