Excerpt from A Descriptive and Historical Account of Hydraulic and Other Machines, or Raising Water, Ancient and Modern: With Observations on Various Subjects Connected With the Mechanic Arts, Including the Progressive Development of the Steam Engine, In Five BooksThere is not a more interesting scene in all the Iliad than the descriptior of Vulcan at work. But if such a distance of time is too remote, there i! The forge of Kuwait, the blacksmith of Ispahan, he whose apron was for centuries the banner of the Persian empire. The forge of Aurelius also, where he made the sword by which he was while emperor slain.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.