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Mechanopeotica
Operations instruments and practitioners · A Chymical Dictionary
At a Glance
The word. An inventive art exemplified by raising and conveying water.
In the book. Mangonaria is concerned with weights, while Organopeotica finds out warlike instruments.
A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 32; facsimile PDF page 360.
Historical Definition
Mechanopeotica is the invention of water-works that carry water through pipes to high places, or of similar devices.
Meaning
The example identifies an engineering purpose: water is carried through pipes into a higher place. The concluding allowance for similar devices broadens the art beyond one installation, but the definition does not provide a particular pump or mechanism.
Use in the Book
Mangonaria is concerned with weights, while Organopeotica finds out warlike instruments. Read together, these names classify arts through the practical works they devise rather than explaining every device in detail.
Places to Read
Mangonaria. An art defined through the handling or alteration of heaviness.
Organopeotica. The invention of warlike instruments.
Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 32; facsimile PDF page 360 — Facsimile
Sources. A Chymical Dictionary 1650, 1650 dictionary, facsimile PDF page 360, Mechanopeotica
See also. Mangonaria; Organopeotica