Novvelle invention de lever l'eav plvs havlt que sa source : auec quelques machines mouantes par le moyen de l'eau et vn discours de la conduite d'ycelle
A 1644 French treatise by Isaac de Caus, printed in London, on raising water higher than its source and on water-powered machines, written for engineers and garden designers. Its copperplate engravings show plain mechanical drawings: a water wheel driving gears and a pump, a timber frame with a wheel, a geared lifting mechanism, and a clockwork-like device with a weight and cord, all drawn in fine parallel hatching that a designer could borrow for diagrammatic linework.
