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GENERAL THEATER OF MACHINES.
original: "Theatrum Machinarum Generale"
A Spectacle
Of the Foundations of
Mechanical Sciences,
That is:
A Clear Instruction
In Mechanics or the Art of Motion,
Wherein not only
The Five Simple Machines and the Necessary Theorems
original: "Rüst-Zeuge". In this period, this refers to the "five simple machines" of antiquity: the lever, pulley, wheel and axle, wedge, and screw.
are clearly explained, all occurring circumstances are detailed, and their application
to specific machines is demonstrated, but also the so-called
External Forces,
Such as those of humans, animals, air, fire, water, weights, and springs, along with their
properties useful for this purpose and the corresponding machines, are described;
All Augmented with Many Useful Notes
and special new
Inventions and Machines, and clearly presented with many figures
original: "Inventionibus", the Latin term for inventions or discoveries.
before one's eyes
by
Jacob Leupold, of Planitz in Meissen,
original: "Planizia Misnico", a Latinized reference to the author's birthplace near Zwickau.
Mathematician and Mechanician, Royal Prussian Councilor of Commerce,
Member of the Royal Prussian and Saxon Societies of Sciences, as well as
the Academy of Literary Honor.
original: "della Academia dell'onore Letterario".
Available from the author and the late Joh. Friedr. Gleditsch's son.
The term "seel." (selig) indicates that the elder Gleditsch, a famous publisher, was deceased at the time of printing.
Leipzig, printed by Christoph Zunkel, 1724.
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