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| People and organisations | Count |
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| Houghton, Thomas (1695-) | 3 |
| Bougeant, Guillaume-Hyacinthe (1690-1743) | 2 |
| Houghton, Thomas | 2 |
| Bate, Julius (1711-1771) | 1 |
| Locke, John (1632-1704) | 1 |
| Malebranche, Nicolas, 1638-1715 | 1 |
| Miners of the Forrest of Dean | 1 |
| Shaftesbury, Anthony Ashley Cooper, Earl of, 1621-1683 | 1 |
| Whitehurst, John (1713-1788) | 1 |
| Wilson, Benjamin (1721-1788) | 1 |
An inquiry into the original state and formation of the earth; deduced from facts and the laws of nature. To which is added an appendix, containing some general observations on the strata in Derbyshire. With sections of them, representing their arrangement, affinities, and the mutations they have suffered at different periods of time. Intended to illustrate the preceding inquiries, and as a specimen of subterraneous geography
Whitehurst, John (1713-1788)
1778
The text sheets were also issued with a titlepage bearing the imprint "printed for the author, by J. Cooper" and with a titlepage bearing the imprint "printed for the author, by J. Cooper. And sold by...
Experimental philosophy asserted and defended, against some late attempts to undermine it
Bate, Julius (1711-1771)
1740
Attributed to Julian Bate in a contemporary letter at Cambridge; other works by Bate were issued by Bettenham and Cooper. Entered under Bate in NUC.
The ancient laws, customs and orders of the miners in the Kings Forrest of Mendipp in the county of Somerset
Houghton, Thomas (fl. 1688-1695)
1687
Anon.; edited by Thomas Houghton?. Reissued by William Cooper in 1688 with Thomas Houghton's 'Rara avis in terris' and the anonymous 'The laws and customs of the miners in the Forest of Dean' as 'Th...
Rara avis in terris, or, The compleat miner : in two books : the first containing, the liberties, laws and customs of the lead-mines, within the wapentake of Wirksworth in Derbyshire, in fifty nine articles, being all that ever was made. The second teacheth, the art of dialling and levelling grooves, a thing greatly desired by all miners, being a subject never written on before by any, with an explanation of the Miners Terms of Art used in this book
Houghton, Thomas (fl. 1688-1695)
1681
Signatures : A-E¹² F⁵. Reissue of the sheets of the first edition, 1681, with a new title-page and the addition of the Miners Terms (sig. F5). Reissued by William Cooper in 1688 with the anony...
The laws and customs of the miners in the Forrest of Dean, in the county of Gloucester
Houghton, Thomas (fl. 1688-1695); Miners of the Forrest of Dean
1687
'The orders and rules of the Court of St. Briavells' has separate part-title page, with same imprint. Reissued by William Cooper in 1688 with Thomas Houghton's 'Rara avis in terris' and the anonymou...
A philosophical amusement upon the language of beasts
Bougeant, Guillaume-Hyacinthe (1690-1743)
1739
First edition.
A philosophical amusement upon the language of beasts and birds : written originally in French
Bougeant, Guillaume-Hyacinthe (1690-1743)
1740
Signatures: [pi]², A-H⁴, I¹. Translation of: Amusement philosophique sur le langage des bêtes. Title vignette, tail-piece. Indexed in: Backer-Sommervogel,
An essay towards an explication of the phaenomena of electricity, deduced from the aether of Sir Isaac Newton, contained in three papers which were read before the Royal-Society
Wilson, Benjamin (1721-1788)
1746
Folded engraved frontispiece of apparatus for generating electricity. Booklists of C. Davis on page between preface and main text, and following Errata on final page.
Posthumous works of Mr. John Locke: viz. I. Of the conduct of the understanding. II. An examination of P. Malebranche's opinion of seeing all things in God. III. A discourse of miracles. IV. Part of a fourth letter for toleration. V. Memoirs relating to... Anthony first Earl of Shaftsbury. To which is added, VI. His new method of common-place-book, written originally in French, and now translated into English
Locke, John (1632-1704)
1706
Indexed in: ESTC t148785.