Bibliotheca Spenceriana; or, A descriptive catalogue of the ... library of George John, earl Spencer (1814)
Spencer, George John Spencer, Earl, 1758-1834, Dibdin, Thomas Frognall, 1776-1847, John Rylands Library · London · leaf 64
Sic: pro fomite, I. de rerona; 14/2.] VALTURIUS. 51 Then follow various modes of casting stones in slings, by the aid ofmechanical powers, or machines. The stone usually appears of con-siderable magnitude. We have next an armed galley, of the manner ofarming the mast and shrouds of which, the… … Battering rams are then displayed, of various constructions, and withvarious powers. A series of Standards next arrests the attention; when,after an interval of a dozen pages, we observe a large marine tower,with a fish-tailed figure, at top, blowing a conch. A great number ofinstruments for…
