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enclosed, ssew cheerfully forth as ifit had been •li-
ving Dove.
ScitiLEXd“ ^*beit Jul- C<e/. Scaliger accountcth this Dove no
C*rJanm* great F*ece °f workmanship, when he saith,He is able
to make,os his own invention with no great labour, a
£hip which shall swimmc, and sseer it self, and by the
same reason that Architas his Dove was made; that is,
by taking the pkh of russies covered over with blad-
ders*, or those thin skins, wherein Gold-beaters beat
their leaves, and wrapped'about with little sirings of
sinews: where when a Semicircle shall set one wheel on
going ; it moving others, the wings shall stirand move
sorward. This^rcsonw was a most skilful Mathemati-
cian, as it may be gathered out of Horace, who calleth
Horat. lib. t. him Men for em, a Measurer,,
Cvtrmioie ai.
Et Marls & terr£} numeroq\ carentis arent,
Qf-Sea and Land,and number?wanting Sand;
And not inferiour to the aforesaid Dove of Atchytas
was that wooden Eagle, which mounted up into the
ayr, and flew before the Emperour to the gates os No-
rimberg: of which, as also of that iron Fly, that ssew
Bart. les>.)our. about the -table, Saluss Lord of Bart as maketh mention.
da i.Semain. Ramus attributeth the invention of either of these, in
the Preface of his 2d Book by his Mathematical <5b-
servations, to Joannes Regiomontanus.
]>H„ l7 e Callicrates, if we may credit Pliny, made Ants, and
& lib-16.c.^, other such like smal creatures of Ivory,that their parts
and joynts of their legs could not be discerned.
Myrmecides Milesitts also, among other Monuments
of his skill, made a Goach or Waggon with four
wheels, which together with the driver thereof, a FJy
could eaEly hide and cover’with her wings: Befides a
•Ship with her sails,which a little Bee could bverspread,
y.xrxo de hngut yarro teach eth how snaall pieces os this nature and subr
Latins .6. *ilest workmanssiip, may be discerned; that is, saith
he* by laying close about them> black Horse hairs.
enclosed, ssew cheerfully forth as ifit had been •li-
ving Dove.
ScitiLEXd“ ^*beit Jul- C<e/. Scaliger accountcth this Dove no
C*rJanm* great F*ece °f workmanship, when he saith,He is able
to make,os his own invention with no great labour, a
£hip which shall swimmc, and sseer it self, and by the
same reason that Architas his Dove was made; that is,
by taking the pkh of russies covered over with blad-
ders*, or those thin skins, wherein Gold-beaters beat
their leaves, and wrapped'about with little sirings of
sinews: where when a Semicircle shall set one wheel on
going ; it moving others, the wings shall stirand move
sorward. This^rcsonw was a most skilful Mathemati-
cian, as it may be gathered out of Horace, who calleth
Horat. lib. t. him Men for em, a Measurer,,
Cvtrmioie ai.
Et Marls & terr£} numeroq\ carentis arent,
Qf-Sea and Land,and number?wanting Sand;
And not inferiour to the aforesaid Dove of Atchytas
was that wooden Eagle, which mounted up into the
ayr, and flew before the Emperour to the gates os No-
rimberg: of which, as also of that iron Fly, that ssew
Bart. les>.)our. about the -table, Saluss Lord of Bart as maketh mention.
da i.Semain. Ramus attributeth the invention of either of these, in
the Preface of his 2d Book by his Mathematical <5b-
servations, to Joannes Regiomontanus.
]>H„ l7 e Callicrates, if we may credit Pliny, made Ants, and
& lib-16.c.^, other such like smal creatures of Ivory,that their parts
and joynts of their legs could not be discerned.
Myrmecides Milesitts also, among other Monuments
of his skill, made a Goach or Waggon with four
wheels, which together with the driver thereof, a FJy
could eaEly hide and cover’with her wings: Befides a
•Ship with her sails,which a little Bee could bverspread,
y.xrxo de hngut yarro teach eth how snaall pieces os this nature and subr
Latins .6. *ilest workmanssiip, may be discerned; that is, saith
he* by laying close about them> black Horse hairs.