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WORCESTER, EDWARD SOMERSET, Marquis of. A Century of the Names and Scantlings of such Inventions, as at present I can call to mind to have tried and perfected. 94, [2] pages, including final ad leaf. 12mo, 151x88 mm, early 19th-century 1/2 red straight-grain morocco gilt, spine faded; margins trimmed not affecting text, infrequent minor marginal foxing. London: T. Payne, 1746
Second edition of a 1663 catalogue of the author's inventions, which included an apparent precursor of the steam engine. Norman 1975 (original edition).
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