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Grew, Nehemiah (1641-1712)6
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Lettres a une princesse d'Allemagne sur divers sujets de physique et de philosophie (v.1)

Euler, Leonhard (1707-1783)

1775

Vol. 1: viii, 309 p., 4 leaves of plates (folded); v. 2: viii, 315 p., 4 leaves of plates (folded); v. 3: viii, 351 p., 4 leaves of plates (folded).

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Lettres a une princesse d'Allemagne sur divers sujets de physique et de philosophie (v.2)

Euler, Leonhard (1707-1783)

1775

Vol. 1: viii, 309 p., 4 leaves of plates (folded); v. 2: viii, 315 p., 4 leaves of plates (folded); v. 3: viii, 351 p., 4 leaves of plates (folded).

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Lettres a une princesse d'Allemagne sur divers sujets de physique et de philosophie (v.3)

Euler, Leonhard (1707-1783)

1775

Vol. 1: viii, 309 p., 4 leaves of plates (folded); v. 2: viii, 315 p., 4 leaves of plates (folded); v. 3: viii, 351 p., 4 leaves of plates (folded).

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Wild, W.

1976

11pp. typescript address at presentation for Spence on his leaving Harwell for Canterbury, 1968 (transcript of a tape made and sent by F.J. Stubbs).

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Heronis Alexandrini spiritalium liber

Hero of Alexandria; Spacciuoli, Valerio; Commandino, Federico (1509-1575)

1575

Ed. by Valerio Spacciuoli. Illustrated with woodcut diagrams of apparatus.

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A course of mechanical, optical, hydrostatical, and pneumatical experiments

Hauksbee, Francis (1687-1763); Whiston, William (1667-1752)

[1714?]

No title-page: catalogued from caption title. Advertisements on p.3-4 indicate place and approximate date of publication. Hauksbee is named as the nephew of "the late Mr. Hauksbee, deceas'd" (i.e. F...

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The philosophical grammar; being a view of the present state of experimented physiology, or natural philosophy. In four parts.... By Benj. Martin

Martin, Benjamin (1705-1782)

1738

Edition statement appears before author statement on the title page. Pages 177-178 repeated in pagination. With three final leaves containing the index. Plates numbered I-XXVI. Additional plate ...

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The anatomy of plants : With An idea of a philosophical history of plants, and several other lectures, read before the Royal Society

Grew, Nehemiah (1641-1712)

1682

Each part has a special title-page. Place of publication from second title-page introducing the section of the work entitled An idea of the philosophical history of plants. Full extent: [22], 24, [1...

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The anatomy of plants : With An idea of a philosophical history of plants, and several other lectures, read before the Royal Society

Grew, Nehemiah (1641-1712)

1682

Each part has a special title-page. Place of publication from second title-page introducing the section of the work entitled An idea of the philosophical history of plants. Full extent: [22], 24, [1...

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The anatomy of plants : With An idea of a philosophical history of plants, and several other lectures, read before the Royal Society

Grew, Nehemiah (1641-1712)

1682

Each part has a special title-page. Place of publication from second title-page introducing the section of the work entitled An idea of the philosophical history of plants. Full extent: [22], 24, [1...

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The anatomy of plants : With An idea of a philosophical history of plants, and several other lectures, read before the Royal Society

Grew, Nehemiah (1641-1712)

1682

Each part has a special title-page. Place of publication from second title-page introducing the section of the work entitled An idea of the philosophical history of plants. Full extent: [22], 24, [1...

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The anatomy of plants : With An idea of a philosophical history of plants, and several other lectures, read before the Royal Society

Grew, Nehemiah (1641-1712)

1682

Each part has a special title-page. Place of publication from second title-page introducing the section of the work entitled An idea of the philosophical history of plants. Full extent: [22], 24, [1...

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