A quadruplet of inventions / [Thomas Northmore].

  • Northmore, Thomas, 1766-1851
Date:
[1799]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A quadruplet of inventions / [Thomas Northmore]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    DEDICATION to the FIRST EDITION. TO MY FRIEND WILLIAM BURDON, Esq. Fellow of Emanuel College, Cambridge. “ Parturiunt monies $ nafcetur rldiculus mus. “ In your tranflation of Plutarch's “ Treatife on the Diftin&ion between <c a Friend and a Flatterer, you figni- “ fied your intention of publifhing the “ original with notes; and now, for- “ footh! you prefent us with nothing' “ but two ftale inventions, and an “ Eutopian prodigy.§” Have patience, A 2 my § The fcheme for preventing boats from finking, is now firft added to this edition..