S.
Sakers, cannon, 467.
Savery, Thomas, noticed, 369; note, 371; model engine for raising water, 484, 485; his “Miners Friend,” 485; his description and the “Century” compared, 486, 487; Bradley’s account, 487; engine at Cambden House, 487; Switzer’s account, 487, 488; its discovery attributed to a tobacco-pipe, 488; the same to a Florence flask, 489; noticed by Dr. Desaguliers, 488–490; accused of obtaining and destroying the Marquis’s books, 489; this charge examined, 492, &c.; as an independent inventor, 497; his career, 498.
Scantling explained, 348.
Scarioni, Francesco, his Centuria, 346.
Science, state of, to 1667, 348.
Screwed ascent of stairs, 445.
Sea-banks, to construct, 528, 529.
Sea-castle, or fortification, 411, 412.
Sea-sailing fort, 412.
Seals, 387, 388; “abundantly significant,” 389; a cipher seal, 389, 390; private and particular to each owner, 391.
Secret conveyance for letters, in a comb, 511; in a knife, spoon, or fork, 511.
Secreti, by Scarioni, 346.
Senses, alphabets by the, varied, 436.
Serpentine scale, Browne’s calculating, 512.
Servière, M., his cabinet, 350.
Ship-destroying engine, 401.
Ship-raising engine, 526.
Ship, to safeguard any, 404; an unsinkable, 404, 405; false decks, 405; anchor, to weigh up, 406; driving against wind and tide, 407; three ships, or a sea castle, 411; ships’ muskets, 471.
Ship-musquets, to govern a whole side of, 471.
Short writing, expeditious way of (supposed to be the Marquis’s invention), 349–398; authors on, 436–438.
Sieve alphabet, 435.
Smell, alphabet by, 435.
Spring, strength-increasing, 421.
Stairs, a screwed ascent of, 444, 445.
Steam Engine, notice of the first practical, 345; historical notices of and wavering character of opinions respecting the Marquis of Worcester, 368; progressive improvements, 368; false estimate of the Marquis in the “Life of James Watt,” 369.
Steam, its power realized, 362.
Strength-increasing spring, 421.
Strength multiplied in little room, 406.
String alphabet, knotted, 435.
Stuart, Robert, contradicts himself, 370.
Submarine vessel, 402.
Switzer, S., his account of Savery’s engine, 487, 488.
T.
Tape or ribbon, a discourse woven in, 503.
Taste, alphabet by, 435.
Telegraph, electric, anticipated, 357.
Telegraphy, systems of, 399.
Tinder-box, a most conceited, 439.
Tobacco-tongs engine, 445, 446.
Touch, alphabet by, 435.
Town, for guarding several avenues to a, 472.
Tradescant, his museum, 356.
Transparent water-screw, 450.
Trithemius quoted, 393.
U.
Untoothsome pear, 513.
V.
Vacuum, noticed by John Bate, 360.
Vauxhall Works, expense of, 358; William Lambert’s petition in respect to, 537; Marquis of Worcester’s engagements there in 1647, and earlier, 537, 538.
Venice, an invention obtained there, 353, 425.
Verstegan, on science in 1605, 349.
Vinci, Leonardo da, notice of, 345.
W.
Walpole, Horace, criticises the “Century,” 348, 349; groundless censure, 523, 524.
Watch, a continually going, 508.
Water, to drive up by fire, 475; heated in a cannon, 475; Dr. Ramsey’s patent, 479; raised by Bate, 479; Van Etten applies heat, 481; cannon experiment, 481, 482; Savery’s model, to raise, 484, 485.
Water-screw, to make hollow, 450; a transparent, 450; a double, 451; plan of construction, 552, 553.
Waterwork, a fire, 476; “the most stupendious work in the whole world,” 533–535; a stupendous, 536.
Water-works, noticed by John Bate, 360; the Marquis acknowledges the passing of the Act for, 383.
Watt, James, his engine, 369; indebted to the influence of capital, 369; false estimate of the Marquis in “The Life of,” 369–372.
Weld, Mr., his “knick-knack-atary,” 352.
Werden, Sir John, mathematician, 352.
Wheel, great weighted, 452–456.
Worcester, Marquis of, the Harleian MSS. not in his handwriting, 346; his engine in the Century, 353; estimated number of his inventions, 353, 354; classified, 354; his proposed work, 355; special notices of practice, 355, 356; silence of contemporaries, 356; promises a box to the Earl of Lotherdale, 356; a mysterious invention, 357; his pecuniary position, 358; expense of his works at Vauxhall, 358; analogous inventions in old authors, 359; enumerated, 359; seems to have been attached to Bate’s Mysteries of Nature and Art, 359; Water-works, noticed by Bate, 360; acquainted with Dr. Dee’s preface to Euclid, 361; styles of Bate and the Marquis compared, 361; in search of powerful mechanical aids, 361; realizes the power of steam, 362; writes his “Century” similar to patent specifications, 363, 364; his pre-eminent invention, 366; wavering character of historical notices of his invention, 368; false estimate of the Marquis’s personal character, his invention, and his “Century,” in the “Life of James Watt,” 369, 370, 371, 372; his general character, his inventions, and his work, 373; the modern steam engine owes its origin to the Marquis and his work, 369; his engine at work, 370; acknowledges the passing of the Act for his engine, 383; mentions the sacrifice of £700,000, 383; his “Golden Age,” 385; his supposed invention of Short Writing, 394; his cipher-written letter, 398; a model of his semi-omnipotent engine to be buried with him, 530; notice of his works at Vauxhall, 1647, 537, 538; statement in his Act of Parliament, 539, 540; construction of his engine, 551; key to his cipher discovered, 553; nine of his inventions, or quintessence of motion, 555; his patent for clocks, &c., 557; Rollock’s pamphlet, containing Act, &c., 559.
Write, to, in the dark, 503.
INDEX
TO THE LIFE OF
THE MARQUIS OF WORCESTER.
A.
Act of Parliament for the Water-commanding Engine, applied for, 253; proceedings in respect to, 254–256; royal assent given, 256; the Act, Appendix C.
Adams, Mr., Lord Herbert’s preceptor, 141.
Albemarle, Duke of, letter from, 268, 269; another letter, 277; names the Crown’s debts, 278; statement made to him of expenditure in the late King’s service, 278, 280.
Alchemy in vogue, 16.
Allen, Captain, taken at Padstow, with the Earl of Glamorgan’s dispatches, 124; promised assistance, 125; bearer of a letter, 126; Glamorgan reports Allen having been taken, 170.
Allowance of £3. per week, Cromwell’s Warrant for, 213.
Alonzo, Don, his answer, sent, 218.
Anne, Countess of Worcester, her death, 31.
Antonio, Captain, two frigates, 170.
Apocryphal passages relating to the Marquis of Worcester, Appendix H.
Aristocracy of the 17th century, social habits, 5; luxuries of the table, and of dress, 5.
Arlington, Lord, letter to, 269; the Marquis seeks his services, 274.
Arundel, Henry Frederick, Earl of; marries Anne, daughter of Edward Lord Herbert, 17.
B.
Backhouse, Lieut. has command of war horses taken at Gloucester, 62.
Bacon, Lord, death of, 16.
Badminton House, Gloucestershire, visited by Charles II. and his Queen, 260.
Baker, Thomas, engineer, his Poem on “The Steam Engine,” 258; notice of “The Century,” 258, 259.
Balfour, Sir William, Lieutenant of the Tower, 25; commanded at Edge-hill, 25.
Bate, John, his work, 1634–35, 29; remarks on water-works, 29.
Bayly, Dr. Thomas, noticed, 9; relates a Welsh legend, and occurrence at Carnarvon, 94; chaplain at Raglan Castle, 96; his “Apophthegms,” 96; Lord Herbert’s water-works, 100, 101; his dedication of his book, 110, 111; relates a domestic incident, 149, 150; leaves Raglan Castle, 153; visits the Marquis at Covent Garden, 154; attends the Marquis’s funeral, 155.
Baynards Castle, correspondence from, respecting Henry Lord Herbert’s marriage, 1, 2, 3, 4.
Beauchamp, Mary, Lady; married to Lord Herbert, 220; Certificate, 220.
Beaufort, Henry, Duke of, his mother, 16, 17; his birth, death, and age, (note) 16; at six years of age, 23; ten years of age, 26; “a match propounded for” him, to his grandfather, by Charles I., 103; Petitions the House of Commons, 201; his property, 202, 203, 204; resolutions in regard to value, &c. 205, 206, 207; sat in the Cromwellian parliament, 210; his father’s estates in Monmouthshire enjoyed by Cromwell, 210; Cromwell’s caution, 210; marriage, 220; resident at Badminton House, 226; going to Dover, 226; letter to his wife, 226; a prisoner in the Tower, 233; letter to his wife, 233; his age, 233; constituted Lord Lieutenant of Gloucestershire, 233; parliamentary clause in respect to his property, 238; ordered by Parliament to give up his father’s deeds and writings, 238; delivers a message to the Lords, 243; carries the bill to the Lords for the Water-commanding Engine, 256; visit of Charles II. and his Queen, 260; sits in the House of Peers, (note) 282; attests his father’s funeral Certificate, 300; letters patent granted him remitting payments due from his father, 303; a commissioner to distribute fund for poor Cavaliers, 317, 318; his progress through Wales, (note) 317; return to Badminton, (note) 318; published account of his progress, (note) 318.
Bedford, Lord of, 2.
Bedford, Earl of, Francis Russell, 6.
Bible, new translation published, 7.
Birch’s, Dr. statement about Glamorgan’s going to Wales, 87.
Blackfriars, the seat of fashion, 1; marriage of Lord Herbert there, 2; Queen Elizabeth’s stay there, 3; ceremony on arrival, 3; supper there, 4.
Blackstone, Sir Ralph, named, 141.
Blaxton, Sir William, assists to retake Monmouth, 63.
Bosdon, Edward, Glamorgan’s Instructions to, 87.
Boteler, Allen, his business from Charles I. to the Marquis of Worcester, at Raglan Castle, 142; his journey, 142; difficulties and dangers, 143; arrives at Raglan, 144; disappointment, 144; stern reception, 144; interview with the Marquis, 144, 145; who plainly declares his sentiments respecting Charles Ist’s treatment of his son, 145; neglected, and detained, leaves precipitately, 145, 146; his adventures, and return to Oxford, 146, 147.
Brecknock garrisoned, 60, 332.
Brereton, Roger, his letter to the Countess of Glamorgan, 129.
Brereton, Sir William, his letter-book, 87.
Brett, Sir Jeremiah, before Gloucester, 56.
Bridgewater, Earl of, named, 24.
Brompton Castle, council of war to take it, 58.
Burton, Thomas, M.P., reports on the Marchioness of Worcester’s Petition, 195; his remarks on the Marquis of Worcester’s character, being then a state prisoner, 212; his conduct that of a soldier, and always civil, 212.
Byron, Sir John, Lieutenant of the Tower, 23; named, 35, 36; his letters, July, 1642, 41, 42, 59; his regiment, 67; named, 328, 330, 331.
Bythell, John, his letter to his father, about the Earl of Glamorgan and others, 88; escapes shipwreck, his cargo of corn seized, 90; a prisoner, 90, 91; list of passengers and crew, 92.
C.
Calehof, Calthoff, Caltrop, Colthoff—see Kaltoff.
Cardiff garrisoned, 60; named, 328, 332.
Carte and Dr. Birch’s erroneous statement about Glamorgan’s leaving for Ireland, 93; corrected, 93.
Carnarvon, Robert Earl of, marriage of his sister Elizabeth to Edward Lord Herbert, 16; her death, 23.
Castlemaine, Lady, undertakes a request to the King, 275.
Catholic Clergy, Irish Roman, 114, 115, 119; Glamorgan solicits consent for post of Lord Lieutenant, 181; Glamorgan’s complicity with, 184; great secrecy observed, 184.
Catholic Princes, Roman, with the Pope, to supply £30,000, to support an army in England, in the cause of Charles I. 228; Glamorgan’s power to treat, 229.
Catholic, Roman, Lord Lieutenant, 115.
Catholic, Roman, Religion, Glamorgan’s engagement to support measures for the good of, 160.
Catholic, Roman, countries, support from, 84.
Catholics, Roman, indulgences granted, 232; Jesuits excepted, 232; the Marquis of Worcester derived no assistance from, 327, 328.
Catholics, Roman, Irish, inquiry respecting, 122; Charles Ist repudiates the concessions made to, 130; his letter to Ormond, 131; negotiations with, repudiated by Secretary Nicholas, 132; the whole party astounded at these abortive results, 161; diminished hopes, Charles I. in custody at Newcastle, 175.
Catholics, Roman, laws against, 27.
Caus, De Salomon, his works, 29.
Cavaliers, Act providing for poor, 247; fund for, 317.
Century of Inventions, a Catalogue raisonné, 17; written, 214; MS. copy in the British Museum, 221; first publication, 258; Poetical notice of, 258, 259.
Charles the First, his birth, 5; first year of his reign, 12; witnesses the wheel experiment at the Tower, 25; character of his reign, 25; 15th year, 31; the Long Parliament, 31; return from Scotland, 32; retreat to Hampton Court, 32; at Royston, 33; at Hull, 34; flatters the Earl of Worcester, 35; his movements in 1641, 35; Civil War declared, 37; makes a convenience of the Marquis of Worcester for his wealth, 38; his perfidious nature, 38; members of Parliament summoned to attend at the Banqueting House, 1640, 38; borrows money from the Marquis of Worcester, 41; journey to Leicester, 42; £5,000 sent for him to Newstead, 42; “hopes he shall not die in the Marquis’s debt,” 42; report from the King at Nottingham of his message by Lord Herbert to his father, 44, 45, 46; Charles I. and Lord Herbert pourtrayed, 46, 47; his tortuous policy, 55; certain early loans from the Marquis of Worcester, 58, 59; at York, 59; commission of Array, 59; attended by the Marquis of Hertford at Oxford, 67; inconsistencies in his conduct, 69; liberal in promises, 69; battle of Edge-hill, 69; sends the Earl of Glamorgan the Blue Ribbon, and a warrant for the title of Duke of Somerset, 74; assures Glamorgan “you labour for a dear friend,” 75; wonders he has not gone to Ireland, 75; artful letter to Ormond, 78; his deceptive style, 79; profuse in professions of attachment, 81; why selected for this negociation, 81; reassures Glamorgan of his confidence in him, 82; at Hereford, 83; visits Raglan Castle, 104; the fickle monarch a false friend, 105; reception, 105; returns to the Castle, 106; his third visit, 106; in all 27 days, 106; discourse with the Marquis, 106; presented with a dessert from Troy, 108; deprives the Marquis of £6,000 deposited with his son, 109, 110; his engagement of Glamorgan characterized, 116; disasters in war, 117; looks to Ireland for assistance, 117; his urgent necessities, 117; his plan for realizing his hopes in Ireland, 118; repudiates Glamorgan’s proceedings in Ireland, 122; Hume’s notice, 122, 123; Carte’s charge, 123; the King’s duplicity, 123; 6,000 men ready to leave Ireland, 126; his message to Parliament, 130; writes to the Queen about “Glamorgan’s business,” 134; his letter to “Glamorgan,” 134; his consummate duplicity, 135; charged by the Marquis of Worcester with being “wavering and fickle,” 145, 148; his character, 157; creates the Earl of Glamorgan, “Duke of Somerset and Beaufort,” 162; the patent, 162, 163; his confidence in Glamorgan not misplaced, 167; his perfect acquaintance with the Marquis and his son, 167; writes from Newcastle, 174; not strictly guarded, 174; offers to pawn his kingdoms, 174; a copy sent to the Pope, 174; Glamorgan devises a plan for his escape to Ireland, 175; the King’s treatment of the noble family of Somerset, 184; delivered up by the Scots, 1647, 189; his execution, 189; the Marquis of Worcester explains his conduct and powers in Ireland, to Lord Clarendon, 227; an immense army was to have been raised, 228; and the Pope and Catholic Princes were to supply £30,000 per month for its maintenance, 228; hence the “amplitude of Glamorgan’s commission,” 228; the signing and sealing, 229; to Huntingdon, 330; to Nottingham, to York, 330; the Tower, 330; his note of hand, 331; money at Oxford, 332.
Charles the First’s correspondence; his letter, August, 1641, 32; December, 1641, 33; “lying pamphlets,” 33; March, 1641–2, 33; May, 1642, 34; January, 1642, 39; June, 1643, 64; his patent granted to the Earl of Glamorgan, 70; his instructions to him, 72; letter, February, 1644, 74; March, 1644, 75; December, 1644, 78; Commission to Glamorgan, March, 1644, 79, 80; February, 1645, 82; June, 1645, 82, 83; August, 1644, 102; August, 1644, 104; January, 1645–6; March, 1645–6, 133; Feb. 1645, 134; July, 1646, 174.