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- Geology and mineralogy considered with reference to natural theology
- by the Rev. William Buckland ...
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- Mathematical collections and translations.
- t. 1, pt. 1. Galileus Galileus, his Systeme of the world -- II. Galileus, his epistle to the Grand Dutchesse mother concerning the authority of Holy Scripture in philosophical controversies -- III. Johannes Keplerus, his reconcilings of Scripture texts, &c. -- IV. Didacus à Stunica, his reconcilings of Scripture texts, &c. -- V. P.A. Foscarinus, his epistle to Father Fantonus, reconciling the authority of Scripture, and judgments of divines alledged against this system -- t. 1, pt. 2. D. Benedictus Castellus, his Discourse of the mensuration of running waters -- II. His Geometrical demonstrations of the measure of running waters -- III. His letters and considerations touching the draining of fenns, diversions of rivers, &c. -- IV. D. Corsinus, his relation of the state of the inundations, &c. in the territories of Bologna, and Ferrara -- t. 2, pt. 1. Galileus, his Mathematical discourses and demonstrations, touching two new sciences, pertaining to the mechanicks and local motions, with an appendix of the centre of gravity of some solids -- II Galileus, his Mechanicks, with some additionall pieces -- III. Rhenatus des Cartes, his Mechanicks, translated from the French manuscript -- IV. Archimedes, his tract De insidentibus humido, or Of the natation of bodies, with the notes and demonstrations of Nicholaus Tartalea and Federicus Commandinus -- V. Galileus, his Discourse of natation -- VI. Nicolaus Tartalea, his inventions for diving under water, raising of ships sunk, &c., T. 2, pt. 2, although advertised, was never published., Portrait of Salusbury inserted in t. 2., Treatises have separate title pages., On t.p. of t. 1, pt. 2 the words "The second tome. The second part" should read "The first tome. The second part.", The work was published in two volumes, 1661-1665. It is rarely found complete, as most of the copies of t. 2 were destroyed in the great fire of London., Flyleaf inscription: E Lib: Tho. Wo[...], Coll Jes: Alum: Cant: 1707 Sept: 7., Includes bibliographical references and index.
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- The elements of geometrie of the most auncient philosopher Evclide of Megara.
- Faithfully (now first) translated into the Englishe toung by H. Billingsley ... Whereunto are annexed certaine scholies, annotations, and inuentions of the best mathematiciens ... With a ... preface made by M. I. Dee, specifying the chiefe mathematicall scieces, what they are, and wherunto commodius: where, also, are disclosed certaine new secrets mathematicall and mechanicall, vntill these our daies greatly missed., Engraved t.p., Many errors in numbering of leaves., Portrait of the printer, J. Daye, above the imprint on last page., "The sixtenth booke of the Elementes of geometrie, added by Flussas": leaves 445-464.
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- The theory of the earth: containing an account of the original of the earth, and of all the general changes which it hath already undergone, or is to undergo, till the consummation of all things.
- v. 1. The two first books, Concerning the Deluge, and Concerning Paradise.--v. 2. The two last books, Concerning the burning of the world, and Concerning the new heavens and new earth., Engraved half-titles., Dedication signed: Thomas Burnet., In four books; second and fourth book each have special t.-p., Published first in Latin, with title: Telluris theoria sacra, 1681-89., "Review of the Theory of the earth," with special title-page and separate paging, bound at end of [v. 2]
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- Organic remains of a former world. An examination of the mineralized remains of the vegetables and animals of the antediluvian world; generally termed extraneous fossils.
- v. 2 published by Nornaville and Fell; v. 3, by Sherwood, Neely, and Jones.
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- Memoirs of Ichthyosauri and Plesiosauri extinct monsters of the ancient earth : with twenty-eight plates copied from specimens in the author's collection of fossil organic remains
- by Thomas Hawkins., Subscription list: p. [3].
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- Principles of geology; being an attempt to explain the former changes of the earth's surface, by reference to causes now in operation.
- By Charles Lyell, esq., The word "two" in the phrase "In two volumes" on t.-p. of v.1 changed in manuscript to read 3., Appendices: I. Tables of fossil shells by Monsieur G. P. Deshayes.--II. Lists of fossil shells chiefly collected by the author in Sicily and Italy, named by M. Deshayes., Bibliographical footnotes.
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- First [and second] report on the facts of earthquake phaenomena.
- From the Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science for 1850, 1851., Second report printed by Taylor and Francis.
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- Mathematical collections and translations.
- t. 1, pt. 1. Galileus Galileus, his Systeme of the world -- II. Galileus, his epistle to the Grand Dutchesse mother concerning the authority of Holy Scripture in philosophical controversies -- III. Johannes Keplerus, his reconcilings of Scripture texts, &c. -- IV. Didacus à Stunica, his reconcilings of Scripture texts, &c. -- V. P.A. Foscarinus, his epistle to Father Fantonus, reconciling the authority of Scripture, and judgments of divines alledged against this system -- t. 1, pt. 2. D. Benedictus Castellus, his Discourse of the mensuration of running waters -- II. His Geometrical demonstrations of the measure of running waters -- III. His letters and considerations touching the draining of fenns, diversions of rivers, &c. -- IV. D. Corsinus, his relation of the state of the inundations, &c. in the territories of Bologna, and Ferrara -- t. 2, pt. 1. Galileus, his Mathematical discourses and demonstrations, touching two new sciences, pertaining to the mechanicks and local motions, with an appendix of the centre of gravity of some solids -- II Galileus, his Mechanicks, with some additionall pieces -- III. Rhenatus des Cartes, his Mechanicks, translated from the French manuscript -- IV. Archimedes, his tract De insidentibus humido, or Of the natation of bodies, with the notes and demonstrations of Nicholaus Tartalea and Federicus Commandinus -- V. Galileus, his Discourse of natation -- VI. Nicolaus Tartalea, his inventions for diving under water, raising of ships sunk, &c., T. 2, pt. 2, although advertised, was never published., Portrait of Salusbury inserted in t. 2., Treatises have separate title pages., On t.p. of t. 1, pt. 2 the words "The second tome. The second part" should read "The first tome. The second part.", The work was published in two volumes, 1661-1665. It is rarely found complete, as most of the copies of t. 2 were destroyed in the great fire of London., Flyleaf inscription: E Lib: Tho. Wo[...], Coll Jes: Alum: Cant: 1707 Sept: 7., Includes bibliographical references and index.
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- The wonders of geology; or A familiar exposition of geological phenomena; being the substance of a course of lectures delivered at Brighton.
- By Gideon Algernon Mantell., Paged continuously; v. 1 : 1 p. l., xvi, 428 p., 4 l.; v. 2: vii, [429]-795 p., 6 l., [797]-804, [24] p., Each plate accompanied by leaf with descriptive letterpress., Each volume had added title page: The wonders of geology, by Gideon Algernon Mantell.