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An essay at the mechanism of the macrocosm: or the dependance of effects upon their causes. In a new hypothesis, Accommodated to Our Modern and Experimental Philosophy. In which are solved several Phoenomena, hitherto unaccounted for; as the Cause of Gravitation, Motion, Reflexion, Refraction, &c. With a Method proposed to find out the Exact Rate that a Ship Runs, and consequently the Longitude at Sea.
Purshall, Conyers.Date: 1705- Books
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Anticipation: (for the year MDCCLXXIX.) Containing the substance of His M-y's most gracious speech to both H----s of P---- l------t, on the approaching session. Together With a full and authentic Account of the Debate which will take place in the H-e of C---s on the Motion for the Address, and the Amendment. With Notes. (first published five days before the opening of the session.)
Tickell, Richard, 1751-1793.Date: MDCCLXXIX. [1779]- Books
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Anticipation: (for the year MDCCLXXIX.) containing the substance of His M----y's most gracious speech to both H----s of P----l------t, on the opening of the approaching session. Together with a full and authentic account of the debate which will take place in the He of C--- s on the Motion for the Address, and the Amendment. With Notes. (first published Five Days before the Opening of the Session.)
Tickell, Richard, 1751-1793.Date: MDCCLXXIX. [1779]- Books
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The commutation act candidly considered, in its principles and operations. To which is annexed, an address to the freeholders of Northumberland, assembled at the town-hall, in Morpeth, January 21, 1789, On a Motion of Thanks to Mr. Pitt, and an Amendment proposed to leave out the Name of Mr. Pitt, and insert the Names of Sir Wm. Middleton, Bart. and Charles Grey, Esq. Addressed to Gawen Aynsley, Esq. By Jonathan Thompson.
Thompson, Jona. (Jonathan).Date: M,DCC,LXXXIX. [1789]- Books
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A letter to the Earl of Chatham, concerning his Speech and Motion In the House of Lords, On the memorable 30th of May: with some Observations on the Speeches of Lord Gower, The Duke of Grafton, Lord Lyttelton, Lord Camden, Lord Weymouth, The Arch-Bishop of York, Lord Shelburne, and Lord Mansfield. To which are subjoined Reflections on His Majesty's most gracious speech from the throne, and An Index to Peace with America.
Date: M.DCC.LXXVII. [1777]- Books
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Anticipation: (for the year MDCCLXXIX.) containing the substance of His M-----y's most gracious speech to both H---S of P-----L------T, on the Opening of the approaching Session. Together With a full and authentic Account of the Debate which will take place in the H-e of C-s on the Motion for the Address, and the Amendment. With notes. (first published Five Days before the Opening of the Session).
Tickell, Richard, 1751-1793.Date: MDCCLXXIX. [1779]- Books
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A dissertation on the preservative from drowning; and swimmer's assistant. A new invention, simple, commodious, and of small expence: Can be carried in a Handkerchief, and instantly applied to the Body, whether naked or cloathed, so as effectually to preserve from Drowning-Assists in Swimming-And proves no Hinderance to Motion or Action of any kind, either in or out of Water. Adapted to principles, established by experiments, and proved by trials. Together with an useful account of losses of lives by water. By R. Macpherson, Gent.
Macpherson, R.Date: MDCCLXXXIII. [1783]- Books
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A military and sea dictionary. Explaining all difficult terms in martial discipline, fortification, and gunnery, and all terms of navigation The fourth edition, improv'd. To which is added, The new exercise of firelocks and bayonets, with Instructions to perform every Motion. Very useful (to all Persons that read the Publick News, or serve in the Army, Militia or Navy,) for the Understanding the Accounts of Sieges, Battels, and other Warlike and Marine Expeditions, which daily occur in this Time of Action. By officers who serv'd several years at land and sea.
Date: MDCCXI. [1711]- Books
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Vocabularium Latiale: or, a Latin vocabulary. In two parts. The First being a Collection of the most usual and easy Latin Words, whether Primitive or Derivative, with their Signification in English; After the Order of the Eight Parts of Speech: Giving A Specimen of each, and most naturally shewing the Gender, Increase, Declension and Motion of Nouns and Pronouns; with the Conjugation, Preterperfect Tense, and Supine of Verbs, both Simple and Compound. The Second shewing the Variation and Declining of all the Declinable Parts, both Regular and Irregular. By Thomas Dyche, Late Schoolmaster at Stratford.
Dyche, Thomas, -approximately 1733.Date: MDCCXCI. [1791]- Books
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The annual advertiser: being an almanack for the Year of our Lord 1739. Being the Third after Bissextile, or Leap-Year, And from the Creation of the World, according to the Account of Scripture, 5661. Containing, The daily Motion of the Planets; the Rising and Setting of the Sun and Moon; the Break of Day, and End of Twilight; New and Full Moons; Solar Ingresses and Eclipses of the Luminaries; Aspects and Weather; A Description of the Constellations; An Account of the Equation of Time and Harvest-Moon; together with a Preface explaining the following Work, &c. By Edward Smith, Philomath.
Smith, Edward, -1775.Date: 1739- Books
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The c lestial diary: or an ephemeris for the year of our blessed Saviour's incarnation, 1721. It being the First after Bissextile, or Leap-Year. And from the Creation of the World, 5700 Years. Wherein is contained, The Motion, Aspects, and Operation of the Planets, with Astrological Observations upon the Eclipses, and Solar Ingresses; with other remarkable Passages, as the Moon's Southing, Sun and Moon's Rising and Setting, Monthly Observations, &c. Calculated according to Art, and referred to the Meridian of the midst of Great-Britain, fitting the whole Monarchy without sensible Error. The third impression. By Salem Pearse, Student in the Mathematicks.
Pearse, Salem, active 1719.Date: 1721- Books
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The french verbs conjugated in five leaves; which, in many grammars, employs more than fifty, and in some, more than one hundred pages. The Method entirely New. Many Verbs are instantly answered by a Motion of the Hand. The whole adapted to the youngest Capacities, by easy, gradual Lessons. To which is added, a compendious syntax Of the several Parts of Speech, Digested into short Rules, with proper Examples for Application; in a Method calculated to avoid Perplexity and Confusion, and save unnecessary Labour and Trouble. Drawn up by a private gentleman, And approved by several eminent Masters of the French Tongue. Prolixitas toedium parit.
Singleton, Luke.Date: [1753]- Books
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A new academy of complements: or, the lover's secretary. Being wit and mirth improved by the most elegant expressions used in the art of courtship, in divers examples of writing or Inditing letters, relating either to Love or Business. Also, the silent language: or, A Compleat Rule for discoursing by Motion of the Hand, without being understood by the Company. Together with Instructions for writing Figure Hand, Bills of Exchange, Receipts, casting Accompts, &c. The Signification of Moles, and Interpretation of Dreams. A never-failing Method for Women to get good Husbands. Likewise a pleasant Dialogue between six merry Gossips paying a Visit to a Lying-in-Woman. To which is added, a choice collection of above 120 love-songs, Merry Catches, and Jovial Healths; being the newest now extant. With plain Instructions for Dancing.
Date: 1727- Books
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A rational and mechanical essay on the small-pox. Wherein the cause, nature, and diathesis of that disease, it's symptons, their causes, and manner of production, are explained and accounted for, according to the Laws of Motion, and Circulation of the Animal Fluids: With The Diagnostic and Prognostic Symptoms, through all the Stations of the Disease; and a new Method of treating it, so as to prevent the dangerous Symptoms, and fatal Consequences, which usually attend it. To which is prefixed, A Short History of the first Rise and Progress of that Disease; and an Essay on a new Method of curing it, as we do other Inflammatory Diseases; and so prevent the Eruption and Suppuration of all, or most of the Pustules, and their fatal Consequences. By William Hillary, M.D.
Hillary, William, -1763.Date: MDCCXXXV. [1735]- Books
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New improvements of planting and gardening, both philosophical and practical. In three parts. I. Containing, A New System of Vegetation. Explaining the Motion of the Sap, and Generation of Plants. Of Soils, and the Improvement of Forest-Trees. With a new Invention, whereby more Designs of Garden-Plats may be made in an Hour, than can be found in all the Books of Gardening yet extant. II. The best Manner of Improving Flower-Gardens, or Parterres; of raising and propagating all Sorts of Flowers, and of the Adorning of Gardens. III. Of Improving Fruit-Trees, Kitchen-Gardens, and Green-House-Plants. With the gentleman and gardener's kalendar. Illustrated with copper plates. By Richard Bradley, F. R. S. The fourth edition. To which is added, that scarce and valuable tract intitled, Herefordshire-Orchards.
Bradley, Richard, 1688-1732.Date: MDCCXXIV. [1724]- Books
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Medicine made to agree with the institutions of nature; or a new mechanical practice of physick: Containing Certain New Principles and Methods for Preserving Health, and Curing Diseases; grounded on the Established Laws of Nature, Motion, and the Animal Oeconomy: Wherein is given the Solution, Demonstration, Use, and Application of that Capital and most Useful, but hitherto Unregarded and Unattempted Problem. Shewing how to apply all the Mechanical Properties and Qualities of those three Catholick Agents and Instruments of Nature, namely, Air, Water, and Motion; in all Degrees, Quantities, and Combinations, by proper Machines, either to the whole Human Body, or to any particular Region or Member thereof, and likewise to the Lungs, and Respiring Organs; by which three General Principles, together with Aliment, all the Intentions and Alterations necessary to be produced in the Animal Solids and Fluids, for Attaining Health, Long Life, and the Cure of Diseases; will become effected in the most Perfect, Safe, Expeditious, Universal Manner. The Mechanical Solution of this Catholick Problem, so much wanted, being of all others the most Useful, as comprehending the whole Materia Medica, with the whole Practice of Physick, in its utmost Extent and Perfection; is therefore propos'd as a Subject meriting the most serious Attention and Encouragement of the Publick, in order to bring the same to Perfection; but more especially of all the Physicians in Great Britain and Europe, to whom it is humbly Address'd and Referr'd, and who it's hoped will employ their joint Endeavours towards bringing the same into Practice, for the General Benefit of Mankind. By Dav. Stephenson, M.A.
Stephenson, David, M.A.Date: MDCCXLIV. [1744]- Film
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A new academy of complements: or, the lover's secretary. Being wit and mirth improv'd, by the most elegant expressions used in the art of courtship, In divers Examples of Writing or Inditing Letters, relating either to Love or Business. Also, The Silent Language: Or, A Compleat Rule for discoursing by Motion of the Hands, without being understood by the Company. Together with Instructions for writing Figure-Hand, Bills of Exchange, Receipts, casting Accompts, &c. The Signification of Moles, and Interpretation of Dreams. A never-failing Method for Women to get good Husbands. Likewise, A pleasant Dialogue between Six Merry-Gossips, paying a Visit to a Lying-in-Woman. To which is added, a choice collection of above a hundred favourite love-songs, Merry Catches, and Jovial Healths; being the newest now Extant. With plain Instructions for Dancing.
Date: M,DCC,XLIII. [1743]- Books
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A new academy of compliments: or, the lover's secretary: being wit and mirth improved, by the most elegant expressions used in the art of courtship, In divers Examples of Writing or Inditing Letters, relating either to Love or Business. Also, The Silent Language; or, a compleat Rule for discoursing by Motion of the Hands, without being understood by the Company. Together with Instructions for writing Figure-Hand, Bills of Exchange, Receipts, Casting Accompts, &c. The Signification of Moles, and the Interpretation Dreams. A never-failing Method for Women to get good Husbands. Likewise, A pleasant Dialogue between six Merry Gossips, paying a Visit to a Lying-in Woman. To which is added, a choice collection of above one hundred and twenty love songs, Merry Catches, and Jovial Healths, being the newest now extant: with plain Instructions for Dancing.
Date: 1784- Books
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Astronomy and elementary philosophy, translated from the Latin of Placidus de Titus: Wherein is shewn, from Physical and Astronomical Principles, the Nature of Atmospherical Influx, communicated to Earthly Substances by the Motion, Aspects, and Position of the Heavenly Bodies, in forming the whole Anima of Nature, particularly in Man, the Epitome of the Creation!-The World in Miniature!-The whole comprehending, by these efficient Causes and their Effects, the true Doctrine of calculating Nativities, in so plain and simple a Method, as to be perfectly attainable by the meanest Capacity, and in a Manner superior to any yet published in the English Language. To which are added, introductory notes and observations, With a Concise Method of judging Horary Questions, select Aphorisms, and every other Requisite to elucidate Elementary Agency, and to form a complete Body of Astrai Knowledge. The whole carefully revised by M. Sibly.
Titi, Placido, 1603-1668.Date: M,DCC,LXXXIX. [1789]- Books
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The theory of comets, illustrated, In Four Parts. I. An Essay on the Natural History and Philosophy of Comets; being the Substance of all that has been hitherto published on that Head. II. Tables, containing the Elements of the Theory of a Comet's Motion, (in a Parabola or an Ellipsis) with their Nature and Use explained. III. The Method of constructing the Orbit of any Comet, and computing its Place therein; its Latitude and Longitude, as seen from the Earth or Sun; its Distance, Velocity, Magnitude, Length of Tail, and other Particulars relative thereto. IV. The Method of delineating the visible Path of a Comet in the Heavens, on the Surface of Celestial Globe; and for drawing the Trajectory by Protraction with Scale and Compasses. The whole adapted to, and exemplified in the Orbit of the Comet of the Year 1682, whose Return is now near at Hand. By Benjamin Martin.
Martin, Benjamin, 1705-1782.Date: 1757- Books
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New improvements of planting and gardening, both philosophical and pratical. In three parts. I. Containing, a new system of vegetation. Explaining the Motion of the Sap, and Generation of Plants. Of Soils, and the Improvement of Forest-Trees. With a new Invention, whereby more Designs of Garden Plats may be made in an Hour, than can be found in all the Books of Gardening yet extant. II. The best Manner of Improving Flower Gardens or Parterres: Of Raising and Propagating all Sorts of Flowers; and of the Adorning of Gardens. III. Of Improving Fruit-Trees, Kitchen-Gardens, and Green-House Plants. With the Gentleman and Gardener's Kalendar. To which is added, that scarce and valuable tract, intitled, Herefordshire-Orchards. The sixth edition, with an appendix, treating of several Matters omitted in the former Impressions. Illustrated with copper plates. By Richard Bradley, Professor of Botany in the University of Cambridge, and F. R. S.
Bradley, Richard, 1688-1732.Date: M.DCC.XXXI. [1731]- Books
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New improvements of planting and gardening, both philosophical and practical. In three parts. I. Containing, a new system of vegetation. Explaining the Motion of the Sap, and Generation of Plants. Of Soils, and the Improvement of Forest-Trees. With a new Invention, whereby more Designs of Garden-Plats may be made in an Hour, than can be found in all the Books of Gardening yet extant. II. The best Manner of Improving Flower-Gardens, or Parterres: Of raising and propagating all Sorts of Flowers, and of the Adorning of Gardens. III. Of Improving Fruit-Trees, Kitchen-Gardens; and Green-House-Plants. With the Gentleman and Gardener's Kalendar. To which is added, that scarce and valuable Tract, entitled, Herefordshire-Orchards Agite, O Adolescentes, & antequam Canities vobis obrepat, Stirpes jam alueritis, quae vobis, cum insigne utilitate, delectationem etiam adferent. Pet. Bellonius, de neglecta Stirpium cultura. Illustrated with copper-plates. By Richard Bradley. Professor of Botany in the University of Cambridge, and F. R. S.
Bradley, Richard, 1688-1732.Date: MDCCXXVI. [1726]- Books
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Astronomical principles of religion, natural and reveal'd. In nine parts: I. Lemmata; or the known Laws of Matter and Motion. II. A particular Account of the System of the Universe. III. The Truth of that System briesly Demonstrated. IV. Certain Observations drawn from that System. V. Probable Conjectures of the Nature and Uses of the several Celestial Bodies contain'd in the same System. VI. Important Principles of Natural Religion Demonstrated from the foregoing Observations. Vii. Important Principles of Divine Revelation Confirm'd from the foregoing Conjectures. Viii. Such Inferences shewn to be the common Voice of Nature and Reason, from the Testimonies of the most considerable Persons in all Ages. IX. A Recapitulation of the Whole: With a Large and Serious Address to all, especially to the Scepticks and Unbelievers of our Age. Together with a preface, of the temper of mind necessary for the discovery of divine truth; and of the Degree of Evidence that ought to be expected in Divine Matters. By William Whiston, M. A. Sometime Professor of the Mathematicks in the University of Cambridge.
Whiston, William, 1667-1752.Date: MDCCXXV. [1725]- Books
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The posthumous works of Robert Hooke, M.D. S.R.S. Geom. Prof. Gresh. &c. containing his Cutlerian lectures, and other discourses, read at the meetings of the illustrious Royal Society. In which I. The present Deficiency of Natural Philosophy is discoursed of, with the Methods of rendering it more certain and beneficial. II. The Nature, Motion and Effects of Light are treated of, particularly that of the Sun and Comets. III. An Hypothetical Explication of Memory; how the Organs made use of by the Mind in its Operation may be Mechanically understood. IV. An Hypothesis and Explication of the cause of Gravity, or Gravitation, Magnetism, &c. V. Discourses of Earthquakes, their Causes and Effects, and Histories of several; to which are annext, Physical Explications of several of the Fables in Ovid's Metamorphoses, very different from other Mythologick Interpreters. VI. Lectures for improving Navigation and Astronomy, with the Descriptions of several new and useful Instruments and Contrivances; the whole full of curious Disquisitions and Experiments. Illustrated with sculptures. To these discourses is prefixt the author's life, giving an Account of his Studies and Employments, with an Enumeration of the many Experiments, Instruments, Contrivances and Inventions, by him made and produc'd as Curator of Experiments to the Royal Society. Publish'd by Richard Waller, R. S. Secr.
Hooke, Robert, 1635-1703.Date: 1705