A Brief Account of the Life, Writings, and Inventions of Sir Samuel Morland: Master of Mechanics to Charles the Second (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781022663404)

Samuel Morland was a seventeenth-century inventor and diplomat who served as Master of Mechanics to King Charles II. In this short biography, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillips provides an overview of Morland's life and achievements, including his invention of a calculating machine and his work on water supply systems.

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