"A boat by which a single man can propel himself"

"A boat by which a single man can propel himself," from Schott's "Technica curiosa," 1662. https://books.google.com/books?id=1E-mzRBNSRkC&dq=automata&pg=RA2-PA376-IA3#v=onepage&q=automata&f=false …