INDEX TO THE CENTURY. 



607 



HARQUEBUS. 



HARQUEBUS, particulars of, 4G6; for ex 

 peditious shooting, 466; a crock, 466. 



HEAD, a brazen or stone, 515 520. 



HERBERT, Lord, son of the Duke of 

 Beaufort, his letter, 350. 



HOEL, M., his hydraulic engine, 414. 



HOLLOWING on a water-screw, 450, 553. 



HOOK, Dr., examines Papin s fountain, 

 351; had seen the Marquis s engine, 

 493. 



HORSE, artificial ring, 524. 



HOUR-GLASS fountain, 413, 414. 



HOUR water-ball, 444. 



HUME, David, criticises the &quot; Century,&quot; 

 349. 



I. 



IMPRISONING chair, 513; one at Rome, 

 514. 



INSTRUMENT, an arithmetical, 512; for 

 perspective, 529. 



INVENTION, nature and progress of, 366. 



INVENTIONS, estimated number in the 

 &quot; Century,&quot; 353, 354; classified, 354 ; 

 &quot; tried and perfected,&quot; 355 ; short list 

 of, 357 ; a series of early, 362; early 

 patented, 363; the Marquis s &quot; quint 

 essence of,&quot; 555. 



INVENTORS, early, statements of Inven 

 tions, 362. 



K. 



KALTOFF, Caspar, the Marquis s faithful 

 workman, 359 ; his death, 1664-5, 

 537 ; noticed 538 ; various notices of 

 him and his family at Vauxhall, 574. 



KNEFFLER, or Knuffler, Dr., noticed, 

 403. 



KNOTTED string alphabet, 435. 



KEY-pistol, 438, 439. 



KEY, a triangle, 499 ; a rose, 500 ; a 

 square, 500. 



L. 



LADDER, portable scaling, 445448. 



LAMBERT, William, his petition respect 

 ing Vauxhall, 537. 



LANTHORN-ALPHABET, 435. 



LETTERS secretly conveyed in a comb, 

 511; in a knife, spoon, or fork, 511. 



LEVER, a to and fro, 425, 426. 



LIGHT pistol-barrels, 511. 



LOCKING of Cabinet-boxes, 510. 



LOCKS, an escutcheon for, 500 ; an 

 alarum for, 501 ; ingenious and ex 

 pensive, 501, 502. 



LOTIIERDALE, Earl of, the Marquis pro 

 mises him a curious box, 356. 



M. 



MAN, to fly, 504, 505. 

 MIDDLE Ages, the, 345. 

 MILITARY antiquities, 473, 474. 

 MILL, a rasping, 512 ; a coining, 520. 

 MINYONS, minion, cannon, 467. 



PORTA. 



MOOR, Sir JONAS, mathematician, 352. 



MORLAND, Sir SAMUEL, his house, coach, 

 and several inventions, 353 ; his patent 

 for raising water from Mines (1661), 

 364, 365 ; his arithmetical instru 

 ment, 512. 



MOULD for candles, 514, 515. 



MUIRHEAD, JAMES P., M.A., his false 

 estimate of the Marquis s character, 

 invention, and &quot; Century,&quot; in his &quot;Life 

 of James Watt,&quot; 369 - 372 ; his treat 

 ment of the subject, 370 ; erroneous 

 opinion of the inventions of De Caus 

 and the Marquis of Worcester, 372. 



MULTIPLIED strength in little room, 406. 



MUSKETOONS, or blunderbuss, 473. 



MUSKETS, often-discharging, 464 ; short, 

 465 ; particulars of, 466 ; ancient use 

 of, 474. 



MUSQUETOONS, oft-shooting, 472 ; on 

 horseback, 472. 



MUTE and perfect discourse by colours, 

 399 ; by night, 399. 



MYSTICAL jangling of Bells, 449. 



N. 



NAPIER, Lord JOHN, his secret inven 

 tions, 402. 



NEEDLE-Alphabet, 434. 

 NEWCOMEN, noticed, 369. 



O. 



OFTEN-discharging Pistol, 462 ; Peards, 



471 ; Guns, 472. 

 ORDNANCE, ancient, 473. 



PAPIN, Dr., his fountain, 361 ; experi 

 ments on steam, 498. 

 PATENT for the Marquis s clocks, guns, 



&c., 557. 



PATTU, M., his water-screw, 451. 

 PEAR, an untoothsome, 512. 

 PEARDS, oft shooting, 471. 

 PEPYS, SAMUEL, his Diary, 351. 

 PERPETUAL Motion, 452 456. 

 PERPETUAL Motions in M. Serviere s 



cabinet, 350. 



PERSPECTIVE instrument, 529. 

 PETTY, Sir WILLIAM, his discourse, 365. 

 PINCKED Glove alphabet, 435. 

 PISTOL, oft-shooting, 462 ; ancient use 



of, 473 ; improved, 474 ; light barrels, 



511. 



PLEASANT floating garden, 413. 

 PNEUMATIC propulsion, 412. 

 POCKET Ladder, 447, 448 ; engine to 



open doors, 527. 



POINT, a cipher reduced to a, 393. 

 PORTABLE &quot;pocket&quot; engine, 400 ; bridge, 



428, 429 ; fortification, 429 ; engine, 



or ladder, 445448. 

 PORTA S steam apparatus, 541. 



