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| Newton, Isaac (1642-1727) | 11 |
| Newton, Isaac, 1642-1727 | 9 |
| Sorby, Henry Clifton (1826-1908) | 9 |
| Ferguson, James (1710-1776) | 7 |
| Smith, Robert (1689-1768) | 7 |
| Algarotti, Francesco Conte (1712-1764) | 5 |
| Kaestner, Abraham Gotthelf (1719-1800) | 4 |
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| Du Perron De Castera, Louis-Adrien | 3 |
The history and present state of discoveries relating to vision, light, and colours (v.1)
Priestley, Joseph (1733-1804)
1772
Bibliography and "Books published by Joseph Priestley", 6 pp. at end.
Rogerii Bacconis Angli, viri eminentissimi Perspectiva : in qua, quæ ab aliis fuse traduntur, succincte, neruose & ita pertractantur, vt omnium intellectui facile pateant
Bacon, Roger (1214?-1294?); Combachius, Johannes (1585-1651); Humm, Anton; Richter, Wolfgang
1614
First edition of Part V of Bacon's Opus majus.
Dr. Gregory's Elements of catoptrics and dioptrics : To which is added, I. A method for finding the foci of all specula... II. A solution of those problems which are left undemonstrated. III. A particular account of microscopes and telescopes, from Mr. Huygens. With an introduction shewing the discoveries made by catoptrics and dioptrics. By W. Browne
Gregory, David (1659-1708); Browne, William (1692-1774); Huygens, Christiaan (1629-1695)
1715
First edition in English. Pp. 73-101 of the second Arabic numeraion misnumbered 65-93.
Isaaci Newtoni, eq. aur. in Academiâ Cantabrigiensi matheseos olim professoris Lucasiani Lectiones opticæ : annis MDCLXIX, MDCLXX & MDCLXXI. In scholis publicis habitæ: et nunc primum ex MSS. in lucem editæ
Newton, Isaac (1642-1727)
1729
Signatures: [A]⁴ a² B-U⁴ U⁴ X-Pp⁴. Text is continuous despite pagination. With a half-title and five final pages of addenda and corrigenda.
Opticks, or, A treatise of the reflections, refractions, inflections, and colours of light
Newton, Isaac (1642-1727)
1718
Corrigenda: p. [8]. The second issue of the second edition, with a new title-page and slight changes in Advertisement 1, the first two pages of which have been reset. In this copy the Corrigenda (...
Opticks: or, A treatise of the reflections, refractions, inflections and colours of light
Newton, Isaac (1642-1727)
1730
"Printed from the third edition as it was corrected by the author's own hand, and left before his death with the bookseller"--Advertisement to 4th edition. "Books printed for William Innys" (2 pp. u...
Optice: sive De reflexionibus, refractionibus, inflexionibus & coloribus lucis libri tres
Newton, Isaac (1642-1727); Clarke, Samuel (1675-1729)
1706
First Latin edition. Text continuous despite pagination. With folding plates to illustrate the text. Sig. b consists of 3 ff. only, as in the Babson copy. From Grey's collation it would appear tha...
Opticks: or, A treatise of the reflexions, refractions, inflexions and colours of light : Also two treatises of the species and magnitude of curvilinear figures
Newton, Isaac (1642-1727)
1704
First edition: Gray 174 (but Errata on verso of p. 211, not a separate leaf as stated in Gray; Book III plate follows p. 114 and Enumeratio plates follow p. 208). Sig. Tt1 is paged 137, the blank ve...
A compleat system of opticks in four books : viz. a popular, a mathematical, a mechanical, and a philosophical treatise. To which are added remarks upon the whole (v.1)
Smith, Robert (1689-1768); Jurin, James (1684-1750)
1738
Paged continuously; v. 1: 3 p.l., vi, [8], 280; v. 2: 1 p.l., [281]-455, 171, [13] p. Title-page of v. 2 is without imprint.
A compleat system of opticks in four books : viz. a popular, a mathematical, a mechanical, and a philosophical treatise. To which are added remarks upon the whole (v.2)
Smith, Robert (1689-1768); Jurin, James (1684-1750)
1738
Paged continuously; v. 1: 3 p.l., vi, [8], 280; v. 2: 1 p.l., [281]-455, 171, [13] p. Title-page of v. 2 is without imprint.
A compleat system of opticks in four books : viz. a popular, a mathematical, a mechanical, and a philosophical treatise. To which are added remarks upon the whole (v.1-2)
Smith, Robert (1689-1768); Jurin, James (1684-1750)
1738
Paged continuously; v. 1: 3 p.l., vi, [8], 280; v. 2: 1 p.l., [281]-455, 171, [13] p. Title-page of v. 2 is without imprint.