Mathematical Magic; or, The Wonders that may be performed by Mechanical Geometry …
John Wilkins. Fourth Edition. London: Ric. Baldwin, 1691“This short, condensed compendium … represents the first text on mechanics available in the English language … describing various machines, including strange devices and possibilities, such as a land vehicle powered by wind, submarines, flying automata, clocks, magnetic perpetuum mobile, etc.”—Bibliotheca Mechanica, page 354 (1648 original edition). Wing W2201 (this edition)
B-A Note: Two words I find it hard to resist: “flying automata.”