Mathematicall Magick (1648) - Page 23

The Contents.


Ch. 6. Concerning the Wheel.
Ch. 7. Concerning the Pulley.
Ch. 8. Of the Wedge.
Ch. 9. Of the Screw.
Ch. 10. An inquiry into the magnificent works of the Ancients, which, much exceeding our later times, may seem to infer a decay in these Mechanical arts.
Ch. 11. That the Ancients had divers motives and means for such vast magnificent works, which we have not.
Ch. 12. Concerning the force of the Mechanic faculties; particularly, the Balance and Lever. How they may be contrived to move the whole world, or any other conceivable weight.
Ch. 13. Of the Wheel, by multiplication of which, it is easy to move any imaginable weight.
	Ch. 14.