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The young gentleman and lady's philosophy in a continued survey of the works of nature and art; by way of dialogue. Volume III. A Survey of the Principal Subjects of-the Animal, Vegetable, and Mineral Kingdoms. Illustrated by nineteen copper-plates. By Benjamin Martin.
Martin, Benjamin, 1705-1782.Date: MDCCLXXXII. [1782]
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The description and use of a new, portable, table air-pump and condensing engine. With a select variety of capital experiments, which, together with the different parts of the apparatus and glasses, are illustrated by upwards of forty copper-plate figures. By Benjamin Martin.
Martin, Benjamin, 1705-1782.Date: MDCCLXVI. [1766]
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The description and use of a new, portable, table air-pump and condensing engine. With a select variety of capital experiments, which, together with the different parts of the apparatus and glasses, are illustrated by upwards of forty copper-plate figures. By Benjamin Martin.
Martin, Benjamin, 1705-1782.Date: 1788
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The young gentleman and lady's philosophy, in a continued survey of the works of nature and art; by way of dialogue. ... . Containing, The Philosophy of the Heavens and of the Atmosphere. Illustrated by Thirty-Three copper-plates. The third edition corrected. By Benjamin Martin.
Martin, Benjamin, 1705-1782.Date: MDCCLXXXI. [1781]
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The young gentleman and lady's philosophy, in a continued survey of the works of nature and art; by way of dialogue. ... . containing, The Philosophy of the Heavens and of the Atmosphere. Illustrated by Thirty-Three copper-plates. The second edition corrected. By Benjamin Martin.
Martin, Benjamin, 1705-1782.Date: MDCCLXXII. [1772]
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A new and comprehensive system of mathematical institutions, agreeable to the present state of the Newtonian mathesis. ... . Containing the Institutes, or Principles of I. Arithmetic, Vulgar and Decimal. II. Logarithms. III. Algebra. IV. Geometry. V. Of Plain Trigonometry. VI. Of Conic Sections. Vii. Fluxions. By Benjamin Martin.
Martin, Benjamin, 1705-1782.Date: MDCCLIX. [1759]-64
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The description and use of an orrery of a new construction, Representing in the various Parts of its Machinery all the Motions and Phoenomena of the Planetary System; To which is subjoin'd a mathematical theory For calculating the Wheel-Work to the greatest Degree of Exactness. By Benjamin Martin.
Martin, Benjamin, 1705-1782.Date: [1771]
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A course of lectures in natural and experimental philosophy, geography and astronomy: in which the properties, affections, and phænomena of natural bodies, ... are exhibited and explain'd on the principles of the Newtonian philosphy, ... The whole confirmed by experiments, and illustrated with copper-plates. ... By Benjamin Martin.
Martin, Benjamin, 1705-1782.Date: 1743
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The description and use of a case of mathematical instruments; particularly of all the lines contained on the plain scale, the sector, the gunter, and the proportional compasses. With a practical application exemplified in many useful Cases of Geometry, and Plain and Spherical Trigonometry. The whole illustrated by copper-plate figures By Benjamin Martin.
Martin, Benjamin, 1705-1782.Date: [1771]
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The description and use of a case of mathematical instruments; particularly of all the lines contained on the plain scale, the Sector, the Gunter, and the Proportional Compasses, with a practical application, Exemplified in many useful Cases of Geometry, and Plain and Spherical Trigonometry The whole illustrated by copper-plate figures. By Benjamin Martin.
Martin, Benjamin, 1705-1782.Date: 1800?]
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The description and use of a case of mathematical instruments; Particularly Of All The Lines contained on the Plain Scale, the Sector, the Gunter, and the Proportional Compasses. with a practical application, exemplified in many useful cases of geometry and plain and spherical trigonometry. The whole illustrated by copper-plate figures. By Benjamin Martin.
Martin, Benjamin, 1705-1782.Date: [1760?]
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The description and use of a case of mathematical instruments; Particularly of all the lines contained on the plain scale, the sector, the gunter, and the proportional compasses. With a practical application exemplified in many useful cases of geometry, and plain and spherical trigonometry. The whole illustrated by copper-plate figures. By Benjamin Martin.
Martin, Benjamin, 1705-1782.Date: A. D. 1780
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A new and comprehensive system of philology; or, a treatise of the literary arts and sciences, according to their present state. ... . Containing the following Sciences. I. Theology, as a Science. II. Ethics; or Moral Philosophy. III. Judaism; or the Hebrew Revelation. IV. Paganism; or Heathen Divinity. V. Christianity; or Christian Revelation. By Benjamin Martin.
Martin, Benjamin, 1705-1782.Date: MDCCLIX. [1759]-64
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The description and use of an universal sliding rule, Which, by means of single and double slides, and the addition of proper lines, is adapted to answer all question in arithmetic, mixt-mathematics, and philosophy, in the most easy and expeditious manner, as shewn in sixty examples of principal utility in the practical parts of science. By Benjamin Martin.
Martin, Benjamin, 1705-1782.Date: [1770?]
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A plain and familiar introduction to the Newtonian experimental philosophy, In Six Sections, Illustrated by Six Copper-Plates. Designed for the Use of such Gentlemen and Ladies As would acquire A Competent Knowledge of this Science, without Mathematical Learning; And more especially those who have, or may attend the author's course of Lectures and Experiments On these Subjects. By Benjamin Martin.
Martin, Benjamin, 1705-1782.Date: MDCCLXV. [1765]
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A plain and familiar introduction to the Newtonian philosophy, in six sections illustrated by six copper plates. Designed for the Use of such Gentlemen and Ladies As would acquire A competent Knowledge of this Science, without Mathematical Learning; And more especially those who have, or may attend the Author's Course of Six Lectures and Experiments On these Subjects. By Benjamin Martin.
Martin, Benjamin, 1705-1782.Date: MDCCLIV. [1754]
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A plain and familiar introduction to the Newtonian philosophy, in six sections. Illustrated by six copper plates. Designed for the use of such gentlemen and ladies As would acquire A competent Knowledge of this Science, without Mathematical Learning; And more especially those who have, or may attend the author's course of six lectures and experiments on these subjects. By Benjamin Martin.
Martin, Benjamin, 1705-1782.Date: MDCCLI. [1751]
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The natural history of England; or, a Description of each particular County, In regard to the curious Productions of Nature and Art. Illustrated by a Map of each County, and Sculptures of Natural Curiosities. ... . Containing, I. Cornwall, II. Devonshire, III. Dorsetshire, IV. Somersetshire, V. Wiltshire, VI. Hampshire, Vii. Surrey, Viii. Sussex, IX. Kent, X. Middlesex, XI. Berkshire, XII. Gloucestershire, XIII. Oxfordshire, XIV. Buckinghamshire. By Benjamin Martin.
Martin, Benjamin, 1705-1782.Date: MDCCLIX. [1759]-63
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A supplement: containing remarks on a rhapsody of adventures of a Modern Knight-Errant in Philosophy. By Benj. Martin.
Martin, Benjamin, 1705-1782.Date: M.DCC.XLVI. [1746]
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The description and use of a proportional camera obscura, with a solar microscope adapted thereto. Invented and sold by B. Martin in Fleet-Street.
Martin, Benjamin, 1705-1782.Date: 1770?]
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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.Date: 1778
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Thermometrum magnum: or, grand standard thermometer. Expressing all degrees of heat and cold, from that with which Mercury boils, to that which congeals it into solid Metal. To which are adjusted the celebrated scales of Sir Isaac Newton, Fahrenheit, De L'Isle, and Reaumur, for comparing observations made in every part of the globe, and in all Degrees of Temperature in the Air, or any other Bodies. The whole delineated on, and illustrated by, a large copper-plate. By Benjamin Martin.
Martin, Benjamin, 1705-1782.Date: 1772
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The mariner's mirror, part [III.] Being a new and compendious system of logarithms In all the different Kinds, viz. I. Nautical Logarithms invented by Mr. Wright. II. Natural Logarithms by Lord Neper. III. Common Logarithms by Mr. Briggs. With Their Application in the Operations of Arithmetic, the Doctrine of Ratios, Natural Philosophy, the Cotesian Geometry; and Navigation, in Particular. The Whole illustrated by the Logistic Curve at large; with the Construction and Delineation of all the Logarithmic Lines and Scales. By Benjamin Martin.
Martin, Benjamin, 1705-1782.Date: 1772
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Thermometrum magnum, or, Grand standard thermometer : expressing all degrees of heat and cold, from that with which mercury boils, to that which congeals it into solid metal. To which are adjusted the celebrated scales of Sir Isaac Newton, Fahrenheit, De L'Isle, and Reaumur, for comparing observations made in every part of the globe, and in all degrees of temperature in the air, or any other bodies. The whole delineated on, and illustrated by, a large copper-plate / by Benjamin Martin.
Martin, Benjamin, 1705-1782.Date: 1772
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A description of the nature, construction, and use of the Torricellian, or simple barometer. With a scale of rectification for estimating the true altitude of the column of mercurcy (equal to the Weight of the Atmosphere) to the Hundredth Part of an Inch. Also The Theory and Construction of the Compound Barometer; the Nature and Use of the Thermometer, and Hygrometer. With an appendix. Containing an Analytical Solution of a Barometrical Problem. The whole illustrated by Copper-Plate Figures of the several Instruments. By Benjamin Martin.
Martin, Benjamin, 1705-1782.Date: MDCCLXXVIII. [1778]