MARC Record from Library of Congress

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001 10005931
003 DLC
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008 850610s1708 enkacf b 000 0 eng
010 $a 10005931
040 $aDLC/ICU$cICU$dDLC
050 00 $aQ155$b.W66
051 $aQ155$b.W66 Copy 2$cCopy 2. Fabyan item no. 759.
100 1 $aWilkins, John,$d1614-1672.
245 14 $aThe mathematical and philosophical works of the Right Reverend John Wilkins ...$bto which is prefix'd the author's life, and an account of his works.
260 $aLondon,$bPrinted for J. Nicholson [etc.]$c1708.
300 $a[580] p.$bfront. (port.) illus., pl., diagrs.$c20 cm.
500 $aVarious paging.
500 $aParts 1-4 have each special t.-p. dated 1707; pt. 1-2, 4: 5th ed.; pt. 3, 3d ed.
504 $a"Catalogue of his works": p. vii-viii.
505 0 $aI. The discovery of a new world, or, A discourse tending to prove, that 'tis probable there may be another habitable world in the moon. With a discourse of the possibility of a passage thither.--II. That 'tis probable our earth is one of the planets.--III. Mercury: or The secret and swift messenger. Shewing how a man may with privacy and speed communicate his thoughts to a friend at any distance.--IV. Mathematical magick: or the wonders that may be perform'd by mechanical geometry.--V. An abstract of his essay towards a real character, and a philosophical language.
650 0 $aScience$xEarly works to 1800.
650 0 $aPlurality of worlds.
651 0 $aSolar system.
650 0 $aMechanics$xEarly works to 1800.
650 0 $aCryptography$xEarly works to 1800.
710 2 $aPre-1801 Imprint Collection (Library of Congress)$5DLC
710 2 $aGeorge Fabyan Collection (Library of Congress)$5DLC