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Armstrong, John (1709-1779)1
Badger, John1
Coventry, Francis1
Coventry, Francis (1759)1
Forbes, Duncan (1685-1747)1
Gregory, David (1659-1708)1
Hill, Sir John (1714?-1775)1
Hutchinson, John, 1674-17371
Jenyns, Soame (1704-1787)1
Maclaurin, Colin1

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Observations on the nature and cure of hospital and jayl-fevers, in a letter to Doctor Mead

Pringle, Sir John (1707-1782); Mead, Richard (1673-1754)

1750

A revised version was incorporated by the author into his Observations on the diseases of the army (London, 1752) as chapter 7 of part 3 with title: Observations on the malignant fever of the hospital...

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The oeconomy of love. A poetical essay

Armstrong, John (1709-1779)

1749

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The modern fine gentleman

Jenyns, Soame (1704-1787)

1746

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A treatise of practical geometry : in three parts

Gregory, David (1659-1708); Maclaurin, Colin (1698-1746)

1745

Errata: t.p. verso.

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Lucina sine concubitu. A letter humbly address'd to the Royal Society; in which is proved by most incontestible evidence, drawn from reason and practice, that a woman may conceive and be brought to bed, without any commerce with man

Hill, Sir John (1714?-1775); Coventry, Francis (1759); Royal Society (Great Britain)

1750

Another printing of the third edition was published in the same year with a postscript. Letter signed with author's pseudonym: Abraham Johnson. Written by Hill as a hoax on the Royal Society after...

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A letter to a bishop, concerning some important discoveries made in philosophy and theology

Forbes, Duncan (1685-1747)

1736

"An exposition of Hutchinson's 'Moses's principia'" - Dict. nat. biog.

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A faithful and full account of the surprising life and adventures of the celebrated Doctor Sartorius Sinegradibus : as also of the many wonderful operations he performs in this city

Rabelais, François (1490-1553?)

[1740]

Attributed to Rabelais.--Cf. NCBEL, v. 2, col. 1527. Pagination imperfect: p. 32 numbered 42.

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