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A Botanical Arrangement Of British Plants; In Medicine, Diet, Rural Economy And The Arts. With An...
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A Botanical Arrangement Of British Plants; In Medicine, Diet, Rural Economy And The Arts. With An Easy Introduction to the Study of Botany, &c. &c

by Withering, William

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Birmingham: M. Swinney for G.G.J. & J. Robinson, 1792. Second edition. Hardcover. Vols. I-II contemporary marbled boards rebacked in brown calf with leather spine labels; Vol. III in contemporary quarter calf and marbled boards, corners worn, boards rubbed, spine foot worn. 3 vols. Very good. 1151 pages Vols. I-II, and 503 pages Vol. III. 21 1/2 x 14 cm. Illustrated with eight plates, five fold-outs, one plain and two in color. First published 1776 in two volumes (titled A BOTANICAL ARRANGEMENT OF BRITISH VEGETABLES.....), Vol.III, a first edition, 1792 describes cryptogamia only. "This edition, was rendered especially valuable by the addition of `a new set of references to figures.'" were by Jonathan Stokes (Vols. I-II) and Stokes and Withering (Vol.III). "Sir J.E. Smith considered, that Stokes performed with great judgment the laborious task of examining almost every figure, throughout the whole botanical library, which was referable to any British plant, and of disposing citations of the whole in… Read More
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A Compendious System Of Natural Philosophy With Notes Containing the Mathematical Demonstrations,...

A Compendious System Of Natural Philosophy With Notes Containing the Mathematical Demonstrations, And some Occasional Remarks

by Rowning, John

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London: Samuel Harding, 1744. Mixed edition. leather_bound. Contemporary full brown calf. Very good. 2 vols. 29 x 13 xm. Two volumes in four parts with six title pages as follows: Preface (1743), Part I (1744), Part II (1737), Part III (1743), Part IV (1742-1743). With the continuation leaf for Part III of the second section, errata, and an Index for the Whole after Part IV. Text covers Mechanics, Hydrostatics and Pneumatics, Optics, and Astronomy. A total of 41 copper-engraved fold-out plates -- Vol. I (9), Vol. II (4), Vol. III (15), Vol. IV (13). Rowning, Rector of Anderby, Lincolnshire, and a Fellow of Magdelene College, Cambridge, developed the first mechanical device for solving polynomial equations. Although the machine works for any degree in theory, it was only practical for quadratics. ALLIBONE, Vol.II, p.1885. Raised bands, spine panels decorated in gilt, spine labels lacking, minimal text toning, back cover joints cracked -- at middle of Vol. I and foot, Vol. II -- but firm. Spine labels… Read More
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The Economy Of Nature Explained And Illustrated On The Principles Of Modern Philosophy

The Economy Of Nature Explained And Illustrated On The Principles Of Modern Philosophy

by Gregory, George

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London: J. Johnson, 1804. Third edition. leather_bound. Contemporary half brown calf and marbled boards. Very good. 3 vols. 567, 528 & 534 pages. 26 page index., errata for each volume. 21 1/2 x 14 cm. First published 1796. Forty-seven engraved copper-plates in total -- 22 (Vol, I), 10 (Vol.II), 15 (Vol.III). A divine and man of letters, the author studied at the university of Edinburgh. "Gregory was for the most part self-educated, and acquired a very credible amount of erudition." [see: DNB p.836]. Overall a clean firm copy; scattered, intermittent age-toning; moderate extremity rubbing; Vol. I lacks leather spine label; chipping to remaining spine labels. Bookplates.
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Emmenologia: Written, in Latin, By the late Learned Dr. John Freind. Translated into English By...

Emmenologia: Written, in Latin, By the late Learned Dr. John Freind. Translated into English By Thomas Dale, M.D.

by Freind, John

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London: T. Cox, 1729. First edition. Boards. Contemporary full brown calf, double gilt cover fillets, rebacked, red leather spine label printed in gilt. Near fine.. 216 pages. [A8-O8,P7]. 20 x 13 cm. Four pages of publisher adverts following text [A4]. Engraved title page vignette. One of the most influential medical men of his age, physician to the Hanoverian Court, imprisoned for his Jacobite sympathies, he exerted a significant influence on contemporary medical theory and practice. He was appointed physician to Queen Caroline, a post he held until his death. This work published 1702, a treatise on the nature of of menstrous purgation. Modest text browning, overall a firm and tight copy.
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An Essay On The First Principles Of Natural Philosophy:; Wherein The Use of Natural Means, Or...

An Essay On The First Principles Of Natural Philosophy:; Wherein The Use of Natural Means, Or Second Causes, in the Oeconomy of the material World, is demonstrated from Reason, Experiments of various Kinds, and the Testimony of Antiquity

by Jones, William

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Oxford: S. Parker and D. Prince et al., 1762. First edition. leather_bound. Early reback in contemporary full brown calf. Very good. 281 pages. 26 1/2 x 22 cm. Three copper-engraved plates, two are fold-outs. "Jones of Nayland" was one of the prominent churchmen of his day. He represented the school more numerous than is commonly supposed, which formed the link between the non-juror and the later Oxford School (see: DNB). His Nayland Vicarage became the center of that circle which came to be known as the "High Church Party". This book attacked determinism and the natural philosophy principles of Newton. Modest text toning, wide text margins, wear to lower extremities, backstrip mildly abraded with loss to most of spine label, bookplate.
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The Fukui Earthquake, Hokuriku Region Japan 28 June 1948; Volume I, Geology & Vol. II, Engineering

The Fukui Earthquake, Hokuriku Region Japan 28 June 1948; Volume I, Geology & Vol. II, Engineering

by Office of the Engineer General Headquarters, Far East Command

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Tokyo: Office of the Engineer General Headquarters, Far East Command, 1949. First edition. Paperback. Orig. buff, stapled stiff wrappers. Very good. 2 Vols.. 81 and 205 pages. 27 1/2 x 36 cm. Geology prepared by Geological Surveys Branch Intelligence Division Office of the Engineer, and Engineering prepared by Design Branch Engineering and Operations Division. Vol. I with two foldout maps at rear pocket -- one aerial and one topographic -- also details "Principal Earthquakes in Japan from 559 AD through 1948. Forty-six figures and 291 figures respectively : maps, photographs, drawings, tables, etc. The Japanese Islands along the western side of the circum-Pacific seismic belt have been subject to particularly severe disturbances within historic time. Printed on quality glossy stock, cover soiling, minor nicks fore-edge Vol.I.
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Hydrostatical And Pneumatical Lectures; Published With Notes By his Successor Robert Smith LL.D.

Hydrostatical And Pneumatical Lectures; Published With Notes By his Successor Robert Smith LL.D.

by Cotes, Roger

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London: S. Austin printed for the Editor, 1738. First edition. leather_bound. Contemporary full brown calf, double gilt border panels, rebacked, red leather spine label printed in gilt. Near fine. 243 pages, Preface (12), Index (6), and four pages of publisher adverts [A8-Q8, R7]. 20 x 13 cm. Five copper engraved fold-out plates, plate four in photocopy. Errata list. Cotes, an English mathematician who edited the second edition of Newton's PRINCIPIA, made advances in the theory of logarithms, the integral calculus and in numerical methods, particularly interpolation. His quadrature formulas known as Newton-Cotes formulas and first introduced what is known today as Euler's formula. He was the first Plumian Professor and Cambridge University from 1707 until his death at the age of thirty-three. This work was held in great estimation. Cotes genius earned encomiums from his contemporaries and successors; Sir Isaac Newton said, "If Mr. Cotes had lived, we should have known something." Two inked… Read More
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An Introduction To Physiology, Being A Course of Lectures Upon The most important Parts of the...

An Introduction To Physiology, Being A Course of Lectures Upon The most important Parts of the Animal Oeconomy

by Flemyng, Malcolm

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London: J. Nourse, 1759. First edition. leather_bound. Contemporary full brown calf, double gilt border fillets. Very good. 396 pages. 21 x 13 1/2. Born in Scotland, Flemyng arrived London 1751 to teach physiology to nascent medical students who had not been to the Universities. This work contains the substance of his London lectures. The author was abreast of the best physiological teaching of the time, and an original experimenter and reasoner as well. In a letter to Haller he states that motor and sensory nerves are anatomically distinct, although they may exist in the same bundle -- the experimental proof come many years later. [see: DNB p.705]. Bookplate, fresh and clean copy, raised bands, chipping to backstrip extremities, but overall a firm copy.
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John Dalton 1766-1844 A Bibliography of Works By and About Him

John Dalton 1766-1844 A Bibliography of Works By and About Him

by Smyth, A.L.

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Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1966. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo, with eleven plates. Index of Names. Index of Subjects. Orig. blue linen cloth. Fine in worn original acetate wrapper.
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La Medecine Statique De Sanctorius, ou L'Art De Se Conserver la sante par la transpiration,...
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La Medecine Statique De Sanctorius, ou L'Art De Se Conserver la sante par la transpiration, traduite en Francois; Par sue M. Le Breton, Medecin de la Faculte de Paris

by Sanctorius [Santorio Santorio]

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Paris: Claude Jombert, 1722. leather_bound. Contemporary full brown calf. Very good. 119 pages [*7,A8-O8]. 13 1/2 x 9 cm. Engraved frontispiece. Italian physiologist, physician and professor, Santorio initiated his medical practice in Venice, 1599, where he became part of a learned circle that included Galileo. He invented a device he called the "pulsilogium" for measuring the pulse which was the first machine sytstem in medical history. His most famous experiments involve the study of bodily weight. This work made him famous throughout Europe. He was the first to apply a numerical scale to the thermoscope, which later evolved into the thermometer [see: PRINTING AND THE MIND OF MAN 182]. Raised bands, spine panels decorated in gilt, red leather spine label printed in gilt, marbled boards, bookplate, backstrip worn head and foot, front cover joint cracked but firm.
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Letters Concerning Mind. To which is added, A Sketch of Universal Arithmetic; Comprehending the...

Letters Concerning Mind. To which is added, A Sketch of Universal Arithmetic; Comprehending the Differential Calculus, And the Doctrine of Fluxions [WITH] A Summary View Of The Soul's Perceptive Faculties; And Also Of Dialectic or Logic: Introduction To The Theory of Mind

by Petvin, John

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London: John & James Rivington, 1792. First edition. leather_bound. Full straight-grained red morocco. Aeg. Very good. 2 vols. in one. 90 & 79 pages. 21 x 23.5 cm. Errata leaf, published posthumously. LOWNDES 1846. "An excellent work, full of profound and abstruse learning." This copy with the leather Johnsonian bookplate of R. B. Adam. Binding attributed to Roger Payne. Minor, intermittent toning, light stain back cover, marbled endpapers, inner dentelles, gilt cover border panels.
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A Mathematical And Philosophical Dictionary: Containing An Explanation Of The Terms, And An...

A Mathematical And Philosophical Dictionary: Containing An Explanation Of The Terms, And An Account Of The Several Subjects, Comprized Under The Heads Mathematics, Astronomy, And Philosophy Both Natural And Experimental:; With An Historical Account Of The Rise, Progress And Present State Of These Sciences: Also Memoirs Of The Lives And Writings Of The Most Eminent Authors, Both Ancient And Modern, etc.

by Hutton, Charles

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London: J. Johnson, 1796. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. marbled boards rebacked, brown calf with black leather spine labels lettered in gilt. 2 vols. Very good/Near fine. 650, 756 pages. 27 x 23 cm. Thirty-seven copper engraved plates, and a host of diagrams and tables in the text. Volume I, 1796 probably a later issue -- copies noting 1795 and 1796 on title page are found. In 1773 he was appointed professor of mathematics at the Royal Military Academy, Woolich, and in the following year he was elected fellow of the royal Society of London and reported on Nevil Makelyne's determination of the mean density and mass of the earth from measurements taken in 1774-1776 at Schiehallion in Pertshire. "A most useful work for biographical information and for showing the state of science about 1800 is Charles Huttons's "Mathematical and Philosophical Dictionary." [see: KNIGHT p.76]. This work is considered a valuable contribution to scientific biography. GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE, March 1823 noted, "It has… Read More
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Medicina Statica: Being The Aphorisms Of Sanctorius, Translated into English with large...

Medicina Statica: Being The Aphorisms Of Sanctorius, Translated into English with large Explanations; To which is added Dr. Keil's Medicina Statica Britannica, with comparative Remarks, and Explanations. As also Medico-Physical Essays on Agues, Fevers, An Elastick Fibre, The Gout, The Leprosy, Kings-Evil, Venereal Diseases

by Quincy, John

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London: W. and J. Newton et al., 1720. Second edition. leather_bound. Modern quarter brown calf with black leather spine label printed in gilt. and marbled boards. Fine.. 344 pages, Index (9) AND Preface (6), 116 pages re MEDICO-PHYSICAL ESSAYS containing a separate title page. 20 x 14 cm. Engraved frontispiece and folding plate. A medical writer apprenticed to an apothecary he practiced medicine in London, eventually earning a medical degree at the University of Edinburgh. A dissenter, friend to Dr. Richard Mead and Dr. John Woodward, his ENGLISH DISPENSATORY, 1721 was widely popular going through many editions. Mild text browning.
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Philosophical Arrangements
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Philosophical Arrangements

by Harris, James

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London: John Nourse, 1775. First edition. leather_bound. Contemporary full brown calf, raised bands, red leather spine label lettered in gilt. Fine. 485 [30, Inded & Errata]. 21.5 x 14 cm. Engraved frontispiece, An English politician and grammarian, fond of the Greek and Roman classics. Samuel Johnson found Harris uncongenial, saying he was "a sound, solid scholar," but "a prig" and "a coxcomb" who "did not understand his own system. Crisp, very clean copy, book label and armorial bookplate.
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