Recreations Mathematical and Physical: Laying Down, and Solving Many Profitable and Delightful Problems of Arithmetick, Geometry, Opticks, Gnomonicks, Consmography, Mechanicks, Physicks, and Pyrotechny

R. Bonwick, 1708 - 530 pages

Attempt to endeavour to profelyte Gamefters	1

Division fhortend	7

Of RightAngled Triangles in Numbers	22

of Geometrical Progreffion	29

PROBL	36

Several Dice being thrown to find the Number of Points	48

Of Three unknown Cards to find what Card each	73

To guefs the Number of a Card drawn out of	77

To contrive a Fountain by Rarefaction	384

XXXV	386

To measure the depth of the Sea	392

To make a Confort of Mufick of ſeveral parts	410

To Jee in a dark Room what paffes abroad ibid	417

To know when there is Water in Wine and to	422

To stop a Bleeding at Nofe or at any other part	430

To know in what part of the Earth Sources	436

PROBL	84

To defcribe upon a given Line any demanded	89

To defcribe a RectangleParallelogram the Area	113

Two Semicircles upon one Right Line being given	119

To defcribe a Triangle the Area and Circumfe	124

Problems	193

XI The Points of the Eye and of fome Object	211

To defcribe upon a Convex Surface of a Sphere	242

To defcribe an Artificial Lantern by which	252

To defcribe an Horizontal Dial the Center	257

To defcribe an Horizontal Dial and a Vertical	258

To draw a Dial upon an Horizontal Plain	263

A Dial being given whether Horizontal or Verti	267

To defcribe a Dial upon an Horizontal Plain	286

To defcribe a MoonDial	292

To find in all parts and at all times the four	298

To find the Climate of a proposd Part of	306

Surface and the Solidity of the Earth 309 VIII To know the extent of a Degree of a proposd	313

To find the Epact for a proposd Year	329

of a given Year will fall	335

To find what Day of each Month the Sun	341

To know the Calends Nones and Ides of every	347

To make a new Steelyard for carrying in ones	352

To contrive a Veffel which keeps its Liquor when	362

To take up a Boat thats funk with a Cargo	365

To contrive a Cask to hold three different	367

A Body being given thats heavier than Water	374

To contrive a Fountain the Water of which	378

To diftinguish thofe parts of the Earth in which	440

Of Phosphoruss	449

PROBL f Problems of Pyrotechny I To make GunPowder 481 II To make GunPowder of any required Co lour 485	462

To make bandfom Faces appear pale and hideous	480

To make Silent Powder or fuch as may be dif charged without a Noife	486

To know the Defects of GunPowder	487

To amend the Defects of GunPowder and to re Store it when decayd	488

To prepare an Oyl of Sulphur requird in Fire works	489

To prepare the Oyl of Sulphur and Saltpetre mixd together	490

To prepare a Compofition for Rockets of any fize	492

To make a Rocket	495

To make SkyRockets that mount into the Air with Sticks	496

To make SkyRockets which rife into the Air without a Stick	497

To make GroundRockets which run upon the Earth	498

To make Rockets that fly on a Line calld Air Rockets 50 0	500

To make Rockets that burn in the Water calld	501

To make FireLinks	502

To make Serpents for artificial FireWorks	504

To make FireFoles or Perches	506

To make Petards for Fireworks of Diverfion	507

To make Stars for SkyRockets	508

To make prepared Tow for Priming to Fire works	509

To make FireSparkles for SkyRockets 510	510

To make Golden Rain for Sky Rockets	511

To make FireBalls for Diverfion that burn fwim	513

To make Shining Balls for Diverfion and	520

To make FireCrowns for Service in War 526 XXXVII To make FireBarrels for Defending a Breach	528

Titre	Recreations Mathematical and Physical: Laying Down, and Solving Many Profitable and Delightful Problems of Arithmetick, Geometry, Opticks, Gnomonicks, Consmography, Mechanicks, Physicks, and Pyrotechny
Auteur	Jacques Ozanam
Éditeur	R. Bonwick, 1708
Original provenant de	la New York Public Library
Numérisé	27 sept. 2010
Longueur	530 pages

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