INDEX.

577

Dolls.87, 268

Doors and gates, self-moviug, 384, 555,556Dove-tailing, 87, 268Dowry of Scipio’s daughter, 121Drawing water, imposed as a punishment, 84,131, 533

Drebble, C. 188, 323, 381. 430Drinking vessels,4, 11, 14—16, 162, 195, 205,520—2

Drops of liquid, 511Dropping tubes, 199

Dunstan, St. 104, 105. Adroit trick of his,107

Dutch scoop, 93. Fire-engines and hose, 328,329. Inventions. See preface.

Dwellings, heated by steam, 471. Fountainsin, recommended, 361, 540

E

Ear-trumpets, 379,573

Ecclesiastes , a fine passage in, illustrated,132

Ecclesiastics, devices of, 103—108, 383—387,392, 398—400

Eddystone light-house, 258, 366, 367Egypt , labor of, what it was, 86Egyptian weils, 26—28. Customs, 34, 78,81,83, 87. Noria , 113. Shadoof, 94, 95.Mental, 85. Chain of pots, 123,131. Screw,142. Siphons, 516. Clepsydrse, 544, 547.Goldsmiths, 234. Fire-engine, 307Emblematic devices. 32, 194, 203, 261, 314,557

Endosmosis, 510Engines of motion, 419, 423Engines to extinguish fires, of great antiquity,303. Employed in ancient wars, 303, 305.Referred to by Apollodorus , 235, 304. Des-cribed and figurea byHeron, 305. Portableengines, 311. Syringeengine, 315,317,321.German , 318, 319 , 324, 331. English , 320,321, 322, 332—335, 568. French , 324, 325,327, 329, 336. Dutch , 328,331. American,339, 344, 345. Rotary, 285, 573. Steamfire-engines, 338, 346—349English , inventions of, 323. See preface .Water-woirks. 294—296 Fire-engines, 320,332—335. Steam-engines, 420, 437, 455,465

Eolian harp,- 104

Eolipiles, an emblematic device, 261. FromHeron’s Spiritalia, 394. For blowing fires,395—400, 573. Increasing draft of chim-neys, 395, 401. Diffusing perfumes, 401.Producing music, 401. Fusing metals, 397,569, 570. In the human form, 398, 399.Used in war, 400. Charging, 395,407, 570Eolipilic idols, 398, 400, 570Eolus, god of winds, 400Ephesus , fountains at, 49Epigrams, ancient, 282, 537Erckers, blowing eolipiles from, 307, 570Evans, Oliver, 424

Evaporation of water from the earth, 506Ewbank’s experiments on raising water, 225.Mode of propelling vessels, 406. Blowingtubes, 484—496. Spouting tubes, 497—504. Mode of evaporating liquids in vacuo,495. Experiments on the force of sap,509.Increasing the draft of chimneys, 488. Ven-üiting ships and mines, 488. Siphons, 527,528. Siphon cocks, 527. Tubulär valve,556. Sliding cocks, 560,561. Tinnedleadenpipes, 555

Explosion of boiiers, 392

Explosive motive engines, 441, 450, 471—473

F

Faye’s La, improved tympanum, 111Feast of Cana, siphons used at, 517Females, employment of ancient, 283Fetters, Lacedemonians bound with their own,84. Found on skeletons in Pompeii, 29Fire, modes of obtaining it, 197. Sacred, 196,197. Superstitions respecting, 312—314.Protecting buildings from, 304, 349. Greekfire, 307. Laws respecting, 351. Raisingwater by, 374—384, 418, 419, 431, 442.Kindling on altars, 383, 384Fire-escapes, 350Fire-engines, 302—349, 573Firemen, Roman, 309. American, 340—345Fire-places, 483

Fish, fishing, 86 , 87, 185. Nets, 550. Salt-ing fish, 86Fitch, John, 424

Flatterers, among men of Science , 143, 145Flies, curious mechanism of, 182, 183Flying, 103, 104 , 324, 430Fly-wheels, 278, 283Floats for steam-boilers, 471Fludd, Robert, 65, 194, 219, 354, 407Forcing pumps, 262

Forks aerived from China , 70. Their use inEurope , 76—78

Fortification, a moveable one, 430Fortune, wheel of, 119Fountains, 27,33, 34, 35, 41,43, 49, 119, 163,170. Artificial, 30, 361, 379, 445, 532—541Fountain lamps, &c. 193Forcing pumps, 262—281FrancinPs bücket machine, 128Francois* steam machine, 463French inventions. See preface. Water-works, 277, 296—298. Fire-engines, 317.324—331, 336

Frictionless pumps, 208, 209, 321, 274, 568.See bellows pumps.

Frogs, climb by atmospheric pressure, 183Fuel, in steam idols, 400. Lord Bacon on,417

Fulton, Robert, 359, 464Fusee,71. Fusee windlass, 69—71Future happiness, erroneous views of, 508

G

Gaining and losing buckets,64—66, 128Galileo, 104, 187, 188Games, ancient, 81Garcilasso, 167, 170, 509Gardens, Egyptian , 101. Babylonian , 134.Mexican, 163, 537. Peruvian, 171. Ro-man, 536. Italian, 537. Persian , 539, 573Floating, 539

Garden watering pots, 194, 195, 567, 573.Garden syringes, 261

Gates and doors, closed by machinery, 556Gauls , 36. Induced to invade Rome by thereport of a smith, 19Geese, in tread wheels, 75Genevieve, St. 37Gensanne’s engine, 463Gerbert, 104. 401

German snail, 138. Bellows pump, 207. Fire-engines, 319,323—326. German inventions.See preface.

Gesner, 381Geysers, 411, 507

Glass, painting on, 4. Engine for working,323. Mirrors, 121. Glass tomb of Belus,200

Glass tubes, curious motion of, 429Glazier ’s vise, antiquity of, 554

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