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CATALOGUE OF EAELY SCIENTIFIC WORKS, 



PRINCIPALLY ANTERIOR TO THE PUBLICATION OF THE 

 CENTURY OF INVENTIONS, IN 1663 ; 



WITH A FEW MODERN AUTHORITIES ON MECHANICAL INVENTIONS, AFFORDING 

 COLLATERAL ILLUSTRATIONS. 



AEAGO, FRANCOIS, Member of the Institute. Biographies of Distin 

 guished Scientific Members. Translated by Admiral Smith, Rev. B. 

 Powell, M.A., and R. Grant, M.A. 8vo. 1857. [Life of James 

 Watt.] 



BABINGTON, JOHN, Pyrotechnia : or, A Discourse of Artificial! Fire 

 works. Whereunto is annexed a short treatise of Geometric. Folio. 

 1635. 



BACON, ROGER. Frier Bacon his discovery of the miracles of art, nature, 

 and magick. Faithfully translated out of Dr. Dee s own copy, by 

 T. M. and never before in English. London, Printed for Simon 

 Miller, at the Starre in St. Pauls Church-yard. 12mo. 63 pages. 

 1659. 



BARLOW, PETER, F.R.S. &c. See Encyclopedia Metropolitan a. 



BATE, JOHN, The Mysteries of Nature and Art in four severall parts. 

 The first of water- works : the second of fire- works : the third of draw 

 ing, washing, limning, painting, and engraving : the fourth of sundry 

 experiments. 4to. 1634. The second edition. 1635. 



BECHERUS, J. J. Character, pro Notia Linguarum universali. 8vo. Franc. 

 1661. 



BEDWELL, WILLIAM. See Peter Ramus. 



BESSON, JACQUES. II Theatre de gl Instrument! e Machine ; con una 

 brieve dichiaration di tutte le figure di F. Beroaldo. Folio. Lione, 

 1582. 



BESSONI, JACOBI, Delphinatis, Mathematici ingeniosissimi. Theatrum 

 Instrumentorum et Machinarum. Cum FRANC. BEROALDI figurum 

 declaratione demonstratiua. folio. Lugduni. 1578. [London Insti 

 tution.] 



BETTINO, Bononiensi, e soc. Jcsu. Mario. Apariari universsc philosophia) 

 mathematical. Folio. Bononia?, 1642. 



