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The new universal geographical grammar: wherein the situation and extent of the several countries are laid down according to the most exact geographical observations, and the history of all the different kingdoms of the world, is interspersed in such a manner, as to render the study of geography both useful and entertaining. Under these three Heads: I. A Compendious System of Astronomy. II. The Geographical Definitions, Problems, and General Divisions of the Earth, necessary to be understood as an Introduction to this Grammar. III. A particular description of the Countries contained in each quarter of the World; their Cities, chief Towns, respective forms of Government, Forces, Revenues, Taxes, and History. Together with An Account of the Air, Soil, Produce, Traffic, Curiosities, Arms, Religion, Language, Universities, Bishoprics, Manners, Customs, Habits, and Coins, in use in the several Kingdoms and States treated of. Illustrated with a New and Correct Set of Maps of the Countries Described. The whole being an improvement and continuation of Mr. Salmon's grammar. Brought down to the present time by J. Tytler.
Salmon, Thomas, 1679-1767.Date: M.DCC.LXXVIII. [1778]- Videos
Islamic astronomy (Professor G. Saliba).
Date: 1985- Books
Encyclopedia of the history of Arabic science / edited by Roshdi Rashed ; in collaboration with Régis Morelon.
Date: 1996- Books
History of mathematical and physical sciences in the U.S.S.R. : historical survey / [editor, Luboš Nový].
Date: 1982- Archives and manuscripts
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Spinney, Augustine
Spinney, AugustineDate: early 16th century - mid 17th centuryReference: MS.757- Books
Yantraprakāra of Sawai Jai Singh / edited and translated by Sreeramula Rajeswara Sarma].
Singh, Sawai Jai.Date: [1987?]- Books
Copernicus and the new astronomy : a guide to the commemorative exhibition in the British Museum, 2 February - 1 May 1973 / by Hanns Seiderska and Sarah Tyacke.
Swiderska, Hanns.Date: 1973- Books
Galen on the astronomers and astrologers / G.J. Toomer.
Toomer, G. J.Date: 1985- Archives and manuscripts
Astronomy: 16th cent.
Date: c. 1531Reference: MS.102- Books
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The nebulae : a fragment of astronomical history / by Archibald E. Garrod.
Garrod, Archibald E. (Archibald Edward), Sir, 1857-1936.Date: 1882- Books
Hubble's legacy : reflections by those who dreamed it, built it, and observed the universe with it / edited by Roger D. Launius and David H. DeVorkin.
Date: 2014- Archives and manuscripts
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Articella and other tracts
Date: 12th century - 14th centuryReference: MS.801A- Books
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Pioneers of science / [Sir Oliver Joseph Lodge].
Lodge, Oliver, Sir, 1851-1940.Date: 1904- Books
Makrokosmos und Mikrokosmos bei Paracelsus / von Wolf-Dieter Müller-Jahncke.
Müller-Jahncke, Wolf-Dieter, 1944-Date: 1995- Books
Makers of science : mathematics, physics, astronomy / [Ivor Blashka Hart].
Hart, Ivor B. (Ivor Blashka), 1889-1962.Date: 1930- Books
Der Computus Gerlandi : Edition, Übersetzung und Erläuterungen / Alfred Lohr.
Lohr, AlfredDate: 2013- Books
The hunt for Vulcan : how Albert Einstein destroyed a planet and deciphered the universe / Thomas Levenson.
Levenson, ThomasDate: 2015- Archives and manuscripts
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Gilbertus Anglicus, Practica medicinae in Middle English, plus miscellaneous practical medical treatises (Miscellanea Medica VII)
Date: 1462Reference: MS.537- Books
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Rymbegla, sive rudimentum computi ecclesiastici et annalis veterum Islandorum, in qvo etiam continentur chronologica, geographica, astronomica, geometrica, theologica, nonnulla ex historia universali & naturali rariora / Qvam ex manuscriptis Legati Arna-Magnæani versione Latina, lectionum varietate, notis in materiam computisticam, indice vocum Rymbeglæ propriarum, & rerum in partem historicam auxit Stephanus Biörnonis Isl. Addita sunt 1. Talbyrdingus ejusdem notis illustratus, 2. Oddi astronomi Somnia, 3. Joh. Arnæ et 4. Finni Johannæi Horologia.
Date: 1780- Archives and manuscripts
Folkes, Martin (1690-1754)
Folkes, Martin, 1690-1754.Date: 1745-1748Reference: MSS.1302, 2391-2392 & 5403- Books
Science in the archives : pasts, presents, futures / edited by Lorraine Daston.
Date: [2017]- Books
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A summary of geography and history, both ancient and modern; containing, an account of the political state, and principal revolutions of the most illustrious nations in ancient and modern times; their Manners and Customs; the Local Situation of Cities, especially of such as have been distinguished by Memorable Events: With An Abridgement of the Fabulous History or Mythology of the Greeks. To which is Prefixed, An Historical Account of the Progress and Improvements of Astronomy and Geography, from the Earliest Periods to the time of Sir Isaac Newton: Also, a brief Account of the Principles of the Newtonian Philosophy, occasionally compared with the Opinions of the Ancients, concerning the General and Particular Properties of Matter; the Air, Heat and Cold, Light, and its effects; the Laws of Motion; the Planetary System, &c. - With a Short Description of the Component Parts of the Terraqueous Globe, according to the Notions of the Ancients, and the more accurate discoveries of Modern Chemists. Designed chiefly to connect the study of classical learning with that of general knowledge. By Alexander Adam, LL. D. Rector of the High School of Edinburgh.
Adam, Alexander, 1741-1809.Date: 1794- Books
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A summary of geography and history, both ancient and modern; containing, An Account of the Political State, and Principal Revolutions of the most Illustrious Nations in Ancient and Modern Times; their Manners and Customs; the Local Situation of Cities; especially of such as have been distinguished by Memorable Events: With an abridgement of the fabulous history or mythology of the Greeks. To which is prefixed, An Historical Account of the Progress and Improvements of Astronomy and Geography, from the earliest Periods to the Time of Sir Isaac Newton: Also, a brief Account of the Principles of the newtonian philosophy, occasionally compared with the Opinions of the Ancients, concerning the General and Particular Properties of Matter; the Air, Heat and Cold Light, and its Effects; the Laws of Motion; the Planetary System, &c. - With a Short Description of the Component Parts of the Tereaqueous Globe, according to the Notions of the Ancients, and the more accurate Discoveries of Modern Chemists. Designed chiefly to connect the Study of Classical Learning with that of General Knowledge. By Alexander Adam, LL. D. Rector of the high school of Edinburgh. The second edition, corrected, To which is added, a geographical index, containing the Latin names of the principal countries, cities, Rivers, and Mountains mentioned in the Greek and Roman Classics; With the Modern Names subjoined. Illustrated with maps.
Adam, Alexander, 1741-1809.Date: 1797- Books
The diagram as paradigm : cross-cultural approaches / edited by Jeffrey F. Hamburger, David J. Roxburgh, and Linda Safran.
Date: [2022]- Books
Abenteuer der Vernunft : Goethe und die Naturwissenschaften um 1800 / herausgegeben von Kristin Knebel, Gisela Maul, Thomas Schmuck.
Date: [2019]