...heir of the fifth Earl and first Marquis of Worcester, was the faithful follower of Charles I., and the author of " A century of the names and scantlings...such inventions as at present I can call to mind, I have tried and perfected," &c., originally printed in 1663, and subsequently reprinted. It was from...

...than the reign of King Charles II of England, we find the Marquis of Worcester inditing his quaint Century of the Names and Scantlings of Such Inventions as at Present I Can Call to Mind and Have Tried and Perfected. .After him, at diminishing intervals, comes a long line of successors,...