538 THE CENTURY, 



without any molestation to him or his, until further 

 express order from us. 



&quot; Given at our Court at Oatlands, the 20th day of 

 August, 1647.&quot;* 



These documents are highly interesting, as they 

 establish, beyond a doubt, the Marquis s early connec 

 tion with gunnery and with water-work operations at 

 Vauxhall, and account for the practical character of 

 inventions mentioned in the &quot; Century,&quot; which might 

 reasonably be thought to be beyond the scope of a 

 private individual. 



Kaltoif died in, or before, the year 1664, and it is 

 not unlikely, therefore, that the Marquis countenanced 

 Lambert s present application. For more on Vauxhall 

 and Kaltoff, see Appendix G. 



The Marquis of Worcester had principally in view, 

 in this invention, raising water for private and public 

 purposes, and the general draining of mines or other 

 inundated property. Its great value was evidently to 

 supply cities and towns with water, and to drain mines 

 of their superfluous quantity. The mineral wealth of 

 this country was drowned treasure, until the steam 

 engine s powerful aid placed it within the power of man 

 to eject the water in greater volume than it entered. 

 Until the 17th century, this apparently obvious 

 application of the steam engine was entirely overlooked, 

 and had Savery done no more than impress on public 

 notice its applicability for that invaluable purpose, he 

 would still deserve the highest commendations of pos 

 terity. Many remarkable works were, no doubt, effected 

 even with ordinary appliances, and men do not willingly 

 abandon the experience of generations. We find that 



* Cal. State Papers, Dom. Series, 1665-6. Edited by Mary A. E Green, 8vo. 

 1664, p. 153. No. 138, and No. 138, i. 



