This seems fascinating, and I am only sad I haven't the time to actually get into a full treatise like that. The style of writing - at least initially - is quite approachable, even if the sentences tend to run on a bit.
Not much is sweeter than the insight of the "antient philosophers and mechanicians" :-)
Today I learned that diabetes is the greek word for siphon.
This seems fascinating, and I am only sad I haven't the time to actually get into a full treatise like that. The style of writing - at least initially - is quite approachable, even if the sentences tend to run on a bit.
Not much is sweeter than the insight of the "antient philosophers and mechanicians" :-)