pend icular , ▁which ▁he ▁mov ' d ▁at ▁once ▁to ▁its ▁u pr ight ▁by ▁means ▁of ▁a ▁machine ▁of ▁his ▁own ▁in vention . ▁In ▁short ▁his ▁numerous ▁Public k ▁Works ▁at ▁Oxford , ▁perfect ed ▁in ▁his ▁lifetime , ▁and ▁the ▁design ▁and ▁model ▁of ▁Dr . ▁Rat cl iff ' s ▁Library ▁there , ▁his ▁design ▁of ▁a ▁new ▁Parliament - H ouse , ▁after ▁the ▁thought ▁of ▁Sir ▁Christopher ▁W ren ; ▁and , ▁to ▁mention ▁no ▁more , ▁his ▁noble ▁Design ▁for ▁repair ing ▁the ▁West - End ▁of ▁West min ster - Ab bey , ▁will ▁all ▁stand ▁monuments ▁to ▁his ▁great ▁capacity , ▁in ex ha ust ible ▁fancy , ▁and ▁solid ▁jud g ement . ▁He ▁was ▁perfectly ▁skill ' d ▁in ▁the ▁History ▁of ▁Architecture , ▁and ▁could ▁give ▁exact ▁account ▁of ▁all ▁the ▁famous ▁buildings , ▁both ▁Ant ient ▁and ▁Modern , ▁in ▁every ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁world ; ▁to ▁which ▁his ▁excellent ▁memory , ▁that ▁never ▁fail ' d ▁him ▁to ▁the ▁very ▁last , ▁greatly ▁contributed . ▁Nor ▁was ▁architecture ▁the ▁only ▁science ▁he ▁was ▁master ▁of . ▁He ▁was ▁b red ▁a ▁scholar . ▁and ▁knew ▁as ▁well ▁the ▁learned ▁as ▁the ▁modern ▁tong ues . ▁He ▁was ▁a ▁very ▁sk il ful ▁math ematic ian , ▁ge ograph er , ▁and ▁geometric ian ; ▁and ▁in ▁drawing , ▁which ▁he ▁pract ised ▁to ▁the ▁last , ▁though ▁greatly ▁aff lic ted ▁with ▁Chi rag ra , ▁few ▁excel