He had, above in his lodgings and gallery, variety of shadows, dials, perspectives, and many other artificial, mathematical, and magical curiosities, a way-wiser, a thermometer, a monstrous magnet, conic, and other sections, a balance on a demi-circle,... Sir Christopher Wren - Page 31by Lena Milman - 1908 - 367 pagesFull view - About this book
| Christopher Brooke, Christopher Nugent Lawrence Brooke - 1988 - 422 pages
...contributed much. It included transparent apiaries, a speaking statue, a variety of shadows, dials, perspectives, and many other artificial, mathematical...curiosities, a way-wiser, a thermometer, a monstrous magnet, conic and other sections, and a balance on a demi-circle.11 Under the aegis of Wilkins the young genius... | |
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