BIOGEAPHICAL NOTICE 



OF 



CRESSY DYMOCK, 



AUTHOR OF AN "INVENTION OF ENGINES OP MOTION," AND 

 WORKS RELATING TO HUSBANDRY. 



We are indebted to the voluminous correspondence 

 of Samuel Hartlib, for clearing up all doubt respecting 

 the authorship of the work in question. 



Writing to the Honourable Eobert Boyle* from his 

 house at Charing Cross, under date the 28th of Febru- 

 arjj 1653 (old style), he observes, among other matters, 

 *^By the last post I received an unexpected letter from 

 the Scottish lord Forbes, in these very lines. ' Having 

 newly seen three small pieces, one called, An InventioUj 

 &c. ; another. The reformed Husbandman ; the third 

 called. An Essay for Advancement of Husbandry -Learn- 

 ing ;t I perceive you are still the old man, and your 

 incessant endeavours to advance a public good is never 

 wanting, though such be many times misregarded and 

 not rewarded. 



* Boyle's Works, 5 vols, folio, 1745, Vol. v. p. 259. 

 t See conclusion of preceding article, No. XXIX. page 87 ; 

 and also No. XIV. page 65. 



