Mathematicall magick. Or, the wonders that may be performed by mechanicall geometry. In two books. Concerning mechanicall powers [and] motions. Being one of the most easie, pleasant, usefull, (and yet most neglected) part of mathematicks. Not before treated of in this language
Mathematicall Magick is a 1648 London treatise by the clergyman and natural philosopher John Wilkins, printed for the bookseller S. Gellibrand, on the mechanical powers and motions for a general reader curious about geometry. Its pictures are small, crisp engraved diagrams with lettered points, showing a triangle, a block with a wedge, a twisted spiral form and a screw with a crossbar, drawn in plain outline with hatched shading that a designer could borrow for clean technical line art.
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