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differential calculus1
insects1
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mathematics1

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Stone, Edmund3
Stone, Edmund (1768)3
Gregory, David (1659-1708)2
Halley, Edmond2
Halley, Edmond (1656-1742)2
Lister, Martin (1638?-1712)2
A. M (1708-)1
Boulliau, Ismael, 1605-16941
Boyle, Robert (1627-1691)1
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Martini Lister, é S.R. Lond. De fontibus medicatis Angliae : exercitatio nova, & prior

Lister, Martin (1638?-1712)

1684

Errata: p. 104 (second count). The second edition of Exercitatio prior, which is placed first in the volume, and the first of Exercitatio nova. The latter has separate pagination and signatures, and...

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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.

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Johannes Godartius Of insects : done into English, and methodized, with the addition of notes

Goedaert, Johannes (1617-1668); Place, Francis (1647-1728); Lister, Martin (1638?-1712)

1682

First edition. One of an edition of 150 copies. "To the reader" signed: M.L. [i.e. Martin Lister]. Cf. BM. Illustrations etched by Francis Place. Cf. BM.

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The elements of physical and geometrical astronomy. By David Gregory,... Done into English, with additions and corrections (v.2)

Gregory, David (1659-1708); Halley, Edmond (1656-1742); Stone, Edmund (1768)

1726

Volume 1 only is described as of the second edition, although according to Houzeau and Lancaster (Bibliographie générale de l'astronomie) no. 9240 the two-volume first edition was published in 1715....

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The elements of physical and geometrical astronomy. By David Gregory,... Done into English, with additions and corrections (v.1)

Gregory, David (1659-1708); Halley, Edmond (1656-1742); Stone, Edmund (1768)

1726

Volume 1 only is described as of the second edition, although according to Houzeau and Lancaster (Bibliographie générale de l'astronomie) no. 9240 the two-volume first edition was published in 1715....

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An account of some experiments and observations on tar-water : wherein is shown the quantity of tar that is therein. Which was read before the Royal Society

Hales, Stephen (1677-1761); Reid, Andrew

1747

Signatures: [A]¹ B-D⁴ E³ F-K⁴ L². "A letter to the Reverend Dr. Hales,... By A. Reid Esq;" p.[31]-74, has separate title-page with same imprint, but the pagination is continuous.

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The general history of the air

Boyle, Robert (1627-1691)

1692

Signatures: A⁴ a² B-2K⁴ 2L². Book list of A. and J. Churchill (1 p.) at end. Includes bibliographical references.

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Remarks on some late papers, relating to the universal deluge: and to the natural history of the earth

Harris, John (1667?-1719)

1697

A defence of John Woodward's "Essay toward a natural history of the earth" against certain attacks, especially in "Two essays sent in a letter from Oxford to a nobleman in London" by L.P. Signatures...

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Magnetis reductorium theologicum tropologicum : in quo ejus novVs verVs & sVpreMVs VsVs inDICatVr

Ward, Samuel (1577-1640); Ward, Samuel (1572-1643)

1639

Chronogram in title is intended for 1637, date of the first edition. The plate is an emblematic engraved half-title, reading "Magnetica Magnalia". Dedication signed by the author: S. Ward. (He is ...

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Idea trigonometriae demonstratae : (in usum juventutis Oxoniensis). Item praelectio De cometis et Inquisitio in Bullialdi Astronomiae philolaicae fundamenta

Ward, Seth Bishop of Salisbury (1617-1689); Ward, Seth Bishop of Salisbury (1617-1689)

1654

The De cometis and the Inquisitio each have special title-pages dated 1653; the latter has title: In Ismaelis Bullialdi Astronomiae philolaicae fundamenta, inquisitio brevis.

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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...

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