The Mathematicall Praeface to Elements of Geometrie of Euclid of MegaraDee, John
Philosophy
The Mathematicall Praeface to Elements of Geometrie of Euclid of Megara
Dee, John
Geometry -- Early works to 1800; Mathematics -- Early works to 1800; Philosophy -- Early works to 1800
As Milles, to Saw great and very long Deale bordes, no man being by.
Such haue I seene in Germany: and in the Citie of Prage: in the kingdome
of Bohemia: Coyning Milles, Hand Milles for Corne grinding: And all
maner of Milles, and Whele worke: By Winde, Smoke, Water, Waight,
Spring, Man or Beast, moued. Take in your hand, _Agricola De re
Metallica:_ and then shall you (in all Mines) perceaue, how great nede
is, of Whele worke. By Wheles, straunge workes and incredible, are done:
as will, in other Artes hereafter, appeare. A wonderfull example of
farther possibilitie, and present commoditie, was sene in my time, in a
certaine Instrument: which by the Inuenter and Artificer (before) was
solde for xx. Talentes of Golde: and then had (by misfortune) receaued
some iniurie and hurt: And one _Ianellus_ of _Cremona_ did mend the
same, and presented it vnto the Emperour _Charles_ the fifth.
_Hieronymus Cardanus_, can be my witnesse, that therein, was one Whele,
which moued, and that, in such rate, that, in 7000. yeares onely, his
owne periode should be finished. A thing almost incredible: But how
farre, I keepe me within my boundes: very many men (yet aliue) can tell.
+‡Helicosophie‡+, is nere Sister to _Trochilike:_ and is, +An Arte
Mathematicall, which demonstrateth the designing of all Spirall lines in
Plaine, on Cylinder, Cone, Sphære, Conoid, and Sphæroid, and their
properties appertayning.+ The vse hereof, in _Architecture_, and diuerse
Instrumentes and Engines, is most necessary. For, in many thinges, the
Skrue worketh the feate, which, els, could not be performed. By helpe
hereof,
[* Atheneus Lib. 5. cap. 8.]
it is * recorded, that, where all the power of the Citie of Syracusa,
was not hable to moue a certaine Ship (being on ground) mightie
_Archimedes_, setting to, his Skruish Engine, caused _Hiero_ the king,
by him self, at ease, to remoue her, as he would.
[Proclus. Pag. 18.]
Wherat, the King wondring: Απὸ τάυτης τῆς ἡμέρας, περὶ παντὸς, Αρχιμήδει
λέγοντι πιϛευτεόν. _From this day, forward_ (said the King) _Credit
ought to be giuen to Archimedes, what soeuer he sayth._
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