CENTURY, in a general sense, any thing divided into, or consisting of, a hundred parts. The marquis of Worcester published a Century of inventions, (for a specimen of which, see ACOUSTICS,) and Dr Hooke has given a decimate of inventions, as part of a Century, of which he affirmed himself master. It is remarkable, that both in the century of the former, and the decimate of the latter, we find the principle on which Savary's fire or steam engine is founded. See STEAM-Engine.