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Gabriel Plattes
(Plattes, Gabriel, fl. 1638-1640)
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Plattes, Gabriel, fl. 1638-1640: Certaine new inventions and profitable experiments necessary to be known of all farmers, and others, that endeavour to procure benefit to themselves, and plentie to the commonwealth. ([London? : s.n.], April. 6. 1640.) (HTML at EEBO TCP)- Plattes, Gabriel, fl. 1638-1640: Discovery of infinite treasure, hidden since the worlds beginning. (London : Printed by I[ohn] L[egat] and are to be sold by George Hutton, within the Turn-stile in Holborne, 1639) (HTML at EEBO TCP)
- Plattes, Gabriel, fl. 1638-1640: A discovery of subterraneall treasure viz. of all manner of mines and mineralls, from the gold to the coale; with plaine directions and rules for the finding of them in all kingdoms and countries. And also the art of melting, refining, and assaying of them is plainly declared, so that every ordinary man, that is indifferently capacious, may with small change presently try the value of such oares as shall be found either by rule or by accident. Whereunto is added a reall experiment whereby every ignorant man may presently try whether any peece of gold that shal come to his hands be true or connterfeit [sic] ... Also a perfect way to try what colour any berry, leafe, flower, stalke, root, fruit, seed, barke, or wood will give: with a perfect way to make colours that they shall not stayne nor fade like ordinary colours. ... (Imprinted at London : By I. Okes, for Iasper Emery, and are to be sold at his shop at the signe of the Eagle and Child in Pauls Church-yard next Watlin-street, M DC XXXIX [1639]) (HTML at EEBO TCP)
- Plattes, Gabriel, fl. 1638-1640: The manner of raising, ordering; and improving forest and fruit-trees; also, how to plant, make and keep woods, walks, avenues, lawns, hedges, &c., with several figures in copperplates, proper for the same. Also rules and tables shewing how the ingenious planter may measure superficial figures, with rules how to divide woods or land, and how to measure timber and other solid bodies, either by arithmetick or geometry, shewing the use of that most excellent line, the line of numbers, by several new examples; with many other rules, useful for most men (Printed for P. Parker, 1679), also by Moses Cook (page images at HathiTrust)
- Plattes, Gabriel, fl. 1638-1640: The profitable intelligencer,: communicating his knowledge for the generall good of the common-wealth and all posterity. Containing many rare secrets and experiments (having reference to a larger book) which being well observed, and industriously practised, according to the directions therein by all the inhabitants of England in generall, will recover the wealth of the kingdom now so miserably wasted by these unnaturall wars, and make it the most flourishing countrey in the world, and cause more naked to be clothed, more hungry to be fed, more poore virgins to be preferred in marriage, more sick to be healed, then Suttons Hospitall the Savoy, and all the hospitals and liberall gifts in England have ever performed, by certain wayes which require no charge nor labour, but what every active person shall be double payed for. A copie of the letter, wherein the discourse entituled, Mercurius Lætificans, was sent enclosed to the authors most worthy, and highly honoured friend, Mr. Samuel Hartlib. ([London?] : Printed according to order. For T. U. at the Bible in Woodstreet, [1644]) (HTML at EEBO TCP)
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