Mechanical & Physics Devices ~ Cyclopaedia ~ Poster

Table of Various Mechanical and Physics Devices ~ Cyclopaedia, or a Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences. By Ephraim Chambers ~ ***** Ephraim Chambers (c.1680 – 15 May 1740) was an English writer and encyclopaedist, who is primarily known for producing the Cyclopaedia, or a Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences. ~ (PD-Old-100-1923) ~~~~~ ***** Cyclopaedia ~ A universal dictionary of arts and sciences : containing the definitions of the terms, and accounts of the things signified thereby, in the several arts, both liberal and mechanical, and the several sciences, human and divine : the figures, kinds, properties, productions, preparations, and uses, of things natural and artificial : the rise, progress, and state of things ecclesiastical, civil, military, and commercial : with the several systems, sects, opinions, &c : among philosophers, divines, mathematicians, physicians, antiquaries, critics, &c : the whole intended as a course of ancient and modern learning. *****