A treatise of mechanicks [electronic resource] : or, the science of the effects of powers or moving forces, as apply'd to machines, demonstrated from its first principles. Done out of French. In this Translation are inserted Particular References to the several Propositions in euclid, on which the Demonstrations are built: With considerable Additions, whereby the Whole is more Compleat and Universal, and particularly the Rising and Falling of the Quicksilver in the Weather-Glass explain'd and accounted for. Useful for all Artificers, as well as Natural Philosophers and Mathematicians. By Thomas Watts, Of the Accomptant's Office, for Qualifying Young Gentlemen for Business.