The Life, Times, and Scientific Labours of the Second Marquis of Worcester / To which is added a reprint of his Century of Inventions, 1663, with a Commentary thereon.

The work traces the life, social milieu, and inventive pursuits of the second Marquis of Worcester, presenting a chronological biography that situates his mechanical experiments within the turmoil of mid-seventeenth-century politics and personal hardship. It reproduces and annotates his Century of Inventions, offers technical commentary on proposed devices—especially early steam apparatus—and assesses contemporary testimony and manuscript evidence drawn from family archives and portraits. The author critically examines conflicting reports about authorship and credit, describes surviving drawings and specifications, and evaluates the practical significance and legacy of the inventions in light of later engineering developments.