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A letter from the East Indies, of John Marshal to Dr. Coga, giving an account of the religion, rites, notions, customs, manners of the heathen priests commonly called Bramines / Communicated by Abraham de la Pryme.
Marshal, John, active 1680?Date: 1708- Books
A letter from F.A. to the publisher, with a paper of S. Flowers, containing the exact draughts of several unknown characters, taken from the ruins at Persepolis.
F. A.Date: 1708- Books
A voyage of the Emperour of China, into the Western Tartary, in the year, 1683.
Date: 1708- Books
An account of the city of Prusa in Bythynia, and a continuation of the historical observations relating to Constantinople / by Thomas Smith.
Smith, Thomas, 1638-1710.Date: 1708- Books
An account of the cause of the change of the variation of the magnetical needle, with an hypothesis of the structure of the internal parts of the earth, as it was proposed to the Royal Society in one of their late meetings / By Edmund Halley.
Edmond HalleyDate: 1708- Books
An instance of the excellence of the modern algebra, in the resolution of the problem of finding the foci of optick glasses universally / By E. Halley.
Edmond HalleyDate: 1708- Books
An estimate of the degrees of the mortality of mankind : drawn from curious tables of the births and funerals at the city of Breslaw; with an attempt to ascertain the price of annuities upon lives / By E. Halley.
Edmond HalleyDate: 1708- Books
A demonstration concerning the motion of light, communicated from Paris.
Date: 1708- Books
Part of two letters to the publisher from James Cunningham, F.R.S. and physician to the English at Chusan in China, giving an account of his voyage thither, of the island of Chusan, of the several sorts of tea, of the fishing, agriculture of the Chinese, &c. with several observations not hitherto taken notice of.
Cunningham, James, -1709?Date: 1708- Books
A theory of the variation of the magnetical compass / By Ed. Halley.
Edmond HalleyDate: 1708- Books
Some thoughts and experiments concerning vegetation / By John Woodward.
John WoodwardDate: 1708- Books
A discourse concerning the action of the sun and moon on animal bodies; and the influence which this may have in many diseases / By Richard Mead.
Richard MeadDate: 1708- Books
Concerning the distance of the fix'd stars / By Francis Roberts.
Roberts, FrancisDate: 1708- Books
The famous Isaac Newton's theory of the moon.
Date: 1708- Books
Historical observations relating to Constantinople / By Tho. Smith.
Smith, Thomas, 1638-1710.Date: 1708- Books
An estimate of the quantity of the vapours raised out of the sea derived from experiment. Together with an account of the circulation of the watry vapours of the sea, and of the cause of springs : presented to the Royal Society / By E. Halley.
Edmond HalleyDate: 1708- Books
A journal of a voyage from England to Constantinople, made in the year, 1668 / by T. Smith.
Smith, Thomas, 1638-1710.Date: 1708- Books
A discourse concerning some influence of respiration on the motion of the heart, hitherto unobserved / By J. Drake.
James DrakeDate: 1708- Books
A continuation of John Clayton's account of Virginia.
Clayton, John, 1657-1725.Date: 1708- Books
A letter from N. Witsen to Martin Lister, with two draughts of the famous Persepolis.
Witsen, Nicolaas, 1641-1717.Date: 1708- Books
A letter from John Clayton Rector of Crofton at Wakefield in Yorkshire, to the Royal Society, May 12. 1688. giving an account of several observables in Virginia, and in his voyage thither, more particularly concerning the air.
Clayton, John, 1657-1725.Date: 1708- Books
A discourse concerning gravity, and its properties : wherein the descent of heavy bodies, and the motion of projects is briefly, but fully handled: Together with the solution of a problem of great use in gunnery / By E. Halley.
Edmond HalleyDate: 1708- Books
A letter from John Monro to the publisher, concerning the catacombs of Rome and Naples.
Monro, John, active 1700.Date: 1708- Books
An estimate of the degrees of the mortality of mankind : drawn from curious tables of the births and funerals at the city of Breslaw; with an attempt to ascertain the price of annuities upon lives / By E. Halley.
Edmond HalleyDate: 1708- Books
An account of the several species of infinite quantity, and of the proportions they bear one to the other; as it was read before the Royal Society / by E. Halley.
Edmond HalleyDate: 1708