INDEX

Abacus, 430

Achelous and Hercules , fable of explained,120

Adam, traditions of, 32Adventures of a bottle, 478JEschylus, singulär death of, 365Agricola, quoted, 69, 72, 117, 126, 151, 219,240, 278, 315

Agriculture, 79, 118. Implements of, 12,132Air, its properties, 176—186. Ancient expe-riments on, 192. Rarefaction by heat, 374—380. Liquids raised by currents of. 224-5,447, 473

Air-barometer, 188, 375

— beds, 177. Guns, 181,192, 270, 425

— chambers to pumps, 265, 269, 270 r 306,307, 326, 337, 338, 371

— machines, 374—380, 447, 473

— pumps, 179,180, 190, 403,426

Air and steam, their supposed identity, 395—400, 418, 420, 421,572

Ajutages, conical, effect of, 479, 480, 486—488, 490—496Albertus, 104Alchemists, 395, 407,408Alcithse ? taken off by priests, 385Alcoholic engines, 441, 472Aleppo , water-wheels at, 115Alexandria, library at, 415. Wells at, 54,- 55Alfred the Great , measured time by candles.350

Algerines, their superstitions, 36Altars, 107. Tricks at, 383—385Alum, used to make wood incombustible, 304America , ancient arts in, 159—172American water-works, 298—301. Fire-en-gines, 339—348. Wells , 50, 160, 164, 298Amontons , his fire-mill, 463Androids and automata, 104, 183, 294, 534,568, 573

Anecdotes, of Mahomet, 10. Dentatus, 19.Darius, 22. Egyptian priests, 22. Twoelephants, 39. A Soy and goose 39. Alex-ander, 39. A caliph, 42. Cleanthes , 56.Anass,74. An Indian Cacique, 107. Ctesi-bius, 121,122. Valentinian , 196. A raven,203. A Spanish pump-maker, 224. ABasha, 316. A Dutch Burgher, 366. LordBacon , 375. Marquis of Worcester, 392.Zeno, 393. Cromwell, 442. Savery, 454.Phocion , 537, 565. Oxen, 573Angelo, M. 534

Anglo-Saxons, worshiped wells, 36. Homily,ibid. Buckets, 67. Mirrors, 121. Swape,99. Windlass, 72. Steam idols, 398Animais , employed to raise water, 74, 117,573. Devices of, 365. Their physiologyillustrated, 180,181, 209,210,256—258Anthemius and Zeno, 393Antipater , 282Antlia of the Greeks, 213Anvil, blacksmith T s, 12, 43, 240, 241Aquarius, 85Arabs , 41

Arago, 145,411, 433Archimedes , 141, 360, 438Archytas , 7, 268Argand’s siphon, 525Arkwright, 359

Arts, useful, their origin, &c. 2,6, 11,12,81,83, 232,282

Artificial hands and feet,4Atabalipa , 169Astronomy, 85Aqueducts, 165—169,212Auto da Fe, 351Awls, 87, 489

Atmosphere, its properties, 176—189. Dis-covery of its pressure, 187, 425, 426. Itspressure diminished cluring storms, 481.By currents of air, 482-8. By currents ofsteam, 489—496. By currents of water.479

Atmospheric pumps, 173, 175, 187—191,206—230

sprinkling pots, 194, 195, 567,B.

Babylon, 79. Hydraulic engine at, 133, 303Bacchus, tricks at his temples, 200, 385Bacon, Roger, 403

- Lord, 416-17, 550

Balls supported on jets of air, steam, andwater, 270, 395

Barbers , 121, 162. See preface.

Barometer, 190, 375, 481Basket, swinging, for raising water, 85,86Bäte, John, 321, 375,421, 565, 568, 569Baths, 120, 147, 169, 393, 552 , 558Bears employed in tread-wheels, 74Beer, 87Bees, 257,276

Beds, air and water, 177,178. Bedcloths, 17$Bedsteads, 87,178,brazen feet. See preface.