Title
Theatrum Machinarum Novum
Reference Number
TJ144.B7 1662
Creator
Date
1662
Format
Description
Full title: Theatrum machinarvm novvm : exhibens aqvarias, alatas, ivmentarias, manuarias : pedibus, ac ponderibus versatiles, plures et diversas molas : variis frumentis commolendis, chartæ, & nitrato pulveri apparando, diversis tundendis, serrandis, terebrandis, panno constipando, decorando ...
Engineering in the 17th century attempted to replicate the movement of man. Machines were designed to benefit daily work. Bockler's book illustrates the theory and application of perpetual motion machines. Although at this time few people in Europe were literate, the graphic content in Bockler's copperplate engravings could be easily understood.
Engineering in the 17th century attempted to replicate the movement of man. Machines were designed to benefit daily work. Bockler's book illustrates the theory and application of perpetual motion machines. Although at this time few people in Europe were literate, the graphic content in Bockler's copperplate engravings could be easily understood.
Extent (Pages, Duration, Dimensions)
55 pages
Is Part Of
Rare Book Collection, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Library
Page Location
139