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| People and organisations | Count |
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| Royal Society (Great Britain) | 11 |
| Baddam, Benjamin | 10 |
| Chamberlayne, John (1666-1723) | 3 |
| Fontenelle, Bernard Le Bovier De (1657-1757) | 3 |
| Newton, Isaac (1642-1727) | 3 |
| Newton, Isaac, 1642-1727 | 3 |
| Academie Des Sciences | 2 |
| Algarotti, Francesco Conte (1712-1764) | 2 |
| Birch, Thomas | 2 |
| Birch, Thomas (1705-1766) | 2 |
Mathematical collections and translations : the first tome. In two parts
Salusbury, Thomas; Galilei, Galileo (1564-1642); Kepler, Johannes (1571-1630); Lopez de Zuñiga, Diego; Foscarini, Paolo Antonio (1580-1616); Castelli, Benedetto (1643); Corsini, Ottavio (1592-1642)
1661
Collation: pt. 1: 8 p. l., 503, [24] p.; pt. 2: 7 p. l., 118, [5] p. Half-title: Mathematical collections and translations: in two tomes. The work was published in two volumes, 1661-65. It is rare...
Euclide's Elements : the whole fifteen books compendiously demonstrated by Mr. Isaac Barrow. And translated out of the Latin
Euclid (fl. 300 B.C); Barrow, Isaac (1630-1677)
1660
Indexed in: Wing E3397.
The method of fluxions both direct and inverse : the former being a translation from the celebrated Marquis De L'Hospital's Analyse des infinements petits
L'Hôpital, Marquis de Sainte-Mesme Guillaume-François-Antoine (1661-1704); Stone, Edmund (1768)
1730
Signatures: A⁸ a⁴ B-Q⁸ R-2T⁸ 2U⁴.
Sir Isaac Newton's theory of light and colours and his principle of attraction : made familiar to the ladies in several entertainments (v.1)
Algarotti, Francesco conte (1712-1764); Carter, Elizabeth (1717-1806)
1742
Translated by Elizabeth Carter.
Sir Isaac Newton's theory of light and colours and his principle of attraction : made familiar to the ladies in several entertainments (v.2)
Algarotti, Francesco conte (1712-1764); Carter, Elizabeth (1717-1806)
1742
Translated by Elizabeth Carter.
Spectacle de la nature: or, nature display'd. Being discourses on such particulars of natural history as were thought most proper to excite the curiosity, and form the minds of youth... Vol. III. Translated from the original French
Pluche, Noël Antoine (1688-1761); Humphreys, Samuel (1698?-1738)
1757
Translated by Samuel Humphreys.
Micrographia illustrata, or, The knowledge of the microscope explain'd : together with an account of a new invented universal, single or double microscope, either of which is capable of being applied to an improv'd solar apparatus... To which is added, a translation of Mr. Joblott's observations on the animalcula, that are found in many different sorts of infusions; and a very particular account of that surprising phænomenon, the fresh water polype, translated from the French treatise of Mr. Trembley
Adams, George (1709-1772); Trembley, Abraham (1710-1784); Joblot, Louis (1645-1723)
1747
Errata on preliminary p. 16.
The Lives of the French, Italian and German philosophers : late members of the Royal Academy of Sciences in Paris. Together with abstracts of some of the choicest pieces, communicated by them to that illustrious society
Chamberlayne, John (1666-1723); Fontenelle, Bernard Le Bovier de (1657-1757); Académie des Sciences
1717
Dedication signed by the translator: John Chamberlayne. Book-lists of William Innys (4 pp.) and John Darby (16 pp.) at end.
The religious philosopher, or, The right use of contemplating the works of the creator : I. In the wonderful structure of animal bodies, and in particular, man, II. In the no less wonderful and wise formation of the elements, and their various effects upon animal and vegetable bodies, and, III. In the most amazing structure of the heavens, with all its furniture : designed for the conviction of atheists and infidels : in two volumes (v.1)
Nieuwentyt, Bernard (1654-1718); Chamberlayne, John (1666-1723)
1724
John Chamberlayne named as translator on p. iv.
The religious philosopher, or, The right use of contemplating the works of the creator : I. In the wonderful structure of animal bodies, and in particular, man, II. In the no less wonderful and wise formation of the elements, and their various effects upon animal and vegetable bodies, and, III. In the most amazing structure of the heavens, with all its furniture : designed for the conviction of atheists and infidels : in two volumes (v.2)
Nieuwentyt, Bernard (1654-1718); Chamberlayne, John (1666-1723)
1724
John Chamberlayne named as translator on p. iv.
Some papers lately read before the Royal Society concerning the fresh-water polypus : an insect, which hath this surprising property, that being cut into several pieces, each piece becomes a perfect animal, as complete as that of which it was originally only a part
Mortimer, Cromwell (1752); Trembley, Abraham (1710-1784); Royal Society (Great Britain)
1743
The main article is by Abraham Trembley, translated by P.H.Z.
The figure of the earth, determined from observations made by order of the French King, at the Polar circle: by Messrs de Maupertuis, Camus, Clairaut, Le Monnier... the Abbé Outhier ... and Mr. Celsius ... Translated from the French of M. de Maupertuis
Maupertuis, Pierre Louis Moreau de (1698-1759)
1738
Indexed in: ESTC t097821.