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Winstanley's mathematical water-theatre:
From Curiosities of London, John Timbs, 1867
"Towards Hide Park" was Winstanley's mathematical water-theatre, mentioned in the Tatler, No. 74 (Sept. 29, 1709) : it had a windmill at the top; and the quantity of water used in the exhibition was from 200 to 300 tuns, "with which curious effects produced by hydraulic pressure were exhibited in the evening." Evelyn speaks of Winstanley, who built the first Eddystone Lighthouse; and of another mechanical genius, Sir Samuel Morland, who writes from his "hut near Hyde Park Gate."
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