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INDEX.
Vestals, 195—197, 383
Virgil, quoted, 3, 11, 12, 13, 34, 117, 238, 302Vision of Mahomet, 98Vitruvius , quoted, 9, 34, 109, 113,117, 124,139, 192, 244, 266, 269, 392, 395Vulcan, bellows of, 232, 239,240. Trip ham-mers, 568. Imprisoning chair, 573
W
Wagons, steam, 423, 424Walrus , climbs by atmospheric pressure, 183Wars, warriors, 3, 308, 359. See preface.Watches and clocks, 71, 122, 323, 350, 441,542—547
Watch chains, 323
Water, its importance in nature and the arts,9, 302, 358,. Supposed identity with air,395, 418, 420,421,572. Worshiped, 33—37, 565. Penalty for stealing, 43. Freshdipped from tlie sea, 519Water beds, 178. Bombs, 349. Canes, 372.Carriers, 83, 84. Closets, 561. Hammer,367. Lute, 451. Power, 480. Rams, 368—371. Spouts, 477,510. Wheels, 125,282,568
Water-works .at Hamath , 116. In Japan ,125. At Babylon', 133—135. Of the Peru-vians, 165—172. Mexicans, 160—162. AtAugsburgh, Bremen, Toledo , Paris , andLondon , 294,295, 296. Old ones described,438. In America , 298. Roman, 267, 480Watt, 145, 258. See preface,
Waves, 366, 367Wedge, 268Weather-glasses, 375Weeping images, 108
Wells, 24—49,52,71, 241 ? 565. Solon ’s lawsrespecting, 27. Reflections on, 48. Venti-lation of, 488. Worshiped, 33—37, 565.Ancient American wells, 50, 160—167.Their examination desirable, 50Wheels, flash, 94. Other wheels to raisewater, 109—116. Wheel of fortune, 118«Scoop, 111. Persian, 115. Capstan, 77.
Wheels, tread, 73—76, 116, 117, 152. Cog,71, 72, 114, 121
Whistles, in Peruvian bottles, 17. Chaldeancups, 201
Whitney, Eli, 359Whitehurst’s water ram, 368Wilkins, Bishop, quoted, 103, 104, 396,418,429—431, 566Windlass, 68—72, 573Wind-mills, 125, 139, 151, 158,418, 572Wines, concentration of, 440. Mixed, 517.
Siphons for tasting, 195, 516, 522Wine flask, Savery’s experiment with, 454—455
Winifred’s well, miracle at, 37Winnowing machine, 70Wire, ancient, 2,87, 121, 162, 323. Mill fordrawing, 423Wirtz’s spiral pump, 363Woden’s well, 35Woisard’s air machine, 473Women, early experimenters on steam, 391Wooden hams, 70
Worcester , Marquis of, his Century of inven-tions, 64, 140 , 362, 428—440, 539. Hissteam-boat, 438. Steam-engine, 437. Hischaracter and death, 439World, the, an hydraulic machine, 505Wynken de Worde, quoted, 314
X
Xerxes. his chair, 4. Sends a distaff to hisgeneral, 283
Y
Yoke, 83, 117. Description of an Egyptianone, 84
Yucatan , ancient wells in, 164, 165Z
Zem Zem, the holy well of Mecca , 35, 4244,45
Zeno, hisquarrel with Anthemins, 393Zodiac, signs of, 85