Manuscript, 'Description d'un resort [ressort] pour éviter le naufrage causé par les vents orageux, d'une montre qui se monte par l'annau [l'anneau], d'un canon qui se charge par un basscule [bascule] qui sert de culasse, et d'une lorgniete [lorgnette] qui monte au haut de son etuy [étui] par un ressort' by Isaac de la Chaumette De la Chaumette describes several inventions, many of which are listed in the title of the paper. Inventions discussed include the following: - a spring to avoid shipwrecks caused by stormy winds - a watch that is wound up by a ring so that no dust can enter into it - a cannon that can be charged at the breech - a spyglass made to spring out of the case - a pair of buckles without any tongues, made from a single piece of metal - a flask which goes through the cartridge of a gun and primes it at the same time Subject: Engineering Read to the Royal Society on 4 February 1724 [1724]