P. Gasparis Schotti ... mechanica hydraulico-pneumatica : qua praeterquam quod aquei elementi natura, proprietas, vis motrix, atque occultus cum aere conflictus, a primis fundamentis demonstratur; omnis quoque generis experimenta hydraulico-pneumatica recluduntur; et absoluta machinarum aqua et aere animandarum ratio ac methodus praescribitur : opus bipartium, cuius pars I. mechanicae hydraulico-pneumaticae theoriam continet. Pars II. eiusdem praxin exhibet, machinasque aquarias innumeras, uti & organa, aliaque instrumenta, in motum ac sonum concitat; nec non varia technasmata, quae motum perpetuum vi aquae spondent, exponit : accessit experimentum novum Magdeburgicum, quo vacuum alii stabilire, alii evertere conantur
Gaspar Schott's 1657 Latin treatise on hydraulic and pneumatic mechanics, printed in Würzburg for scholars and engineers interested in water, air and vacuum machines, is illustrated with precise woodcut diagrams. The pictures show labelled cylinders, a boxed geometric solid, a tall vessel with a spouting fountain and jets, and a schematic apparatus, drawn in clean line with lettered reference points a designer could borrow for technical diagram styling.
