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001 16012891
003 DLC
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010 $a 16012891
035 $a(OCoLC)2377089
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050 00 $aAC7$b.H32
245 00 $aMiscellanea curiosa :$bcontaining a collection of some of the principal phaenomena in nature, accounted for by the greatest philosophers of this age ; being the most valuable discourses, read and delivered to the Royal society, for the advancement of physical and mathematical knowledge ; as also a collection of curious travels, voyages, antiquities, and natural histories of countries : presented to the same society ; to which is added, a discourse of the influence of the sun and moon on human bodies, &c. by R. Mead and also Fontenelle's preface of the usefullness of mathematical learning.
250 $a3d ed.
260 $aLondon :$bPrinted by W.B. for James and John Knapton,$c1723-27.
300 $a3 v. :$bill., plates (part fold.), fold. maps ;$c21 cm.
500 $aVol., 3d edition, 1726; v.2, 1723; v.3, 2d edition, 1727, revised and corrected by W. Derham.
500 $aLargely composed of the editor's contributions to the Philosophical transactions.
500 $a"The laws of stereographick projection laid down and demonstrated by Ja. Hodgson": v.2, p. 362-372.
500 $aVol. III has title: Miscellanea curiosa. Containing a collection of curious travels, voyages, and natural histories of countries, as they have been delivered in to the Royal society.
650 0 $aVoyages and travels$vEarly works to 1800.
700 1 $aHalley, Edmond,$d1656-1742.
700 1 $aHodgson, James,$d1672-1755.
700 1 $aDerham, W.$q(William),$d1657-1735.
700 1 $aMead, Richard,$d1673-1754.
700 1 $aFontenelle,$cM. de$q(Bernard Le Bovier),$d1657-1757.
710 2 $aRoyal Society (Great Britain)