The following valuable books are printed for A. Strahan; and T. Cadell, in the Strand. 1791.

Date:
1791
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The following valuable books are printed for A. Strahan; and T. Cadell, in the Strand. 1791. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    Venus over the Sun's Difk in the Year 1761. Thefe Dif- tances deduced from that Tranfit; and an Account of Mr. Harr6x'% Obfervattons of the Tranfit in the Year 3639. llluftrated >yith 28 Copper-plates. A new Editi- on. 8vo. 9s. An eafy Introduftioh to Aftronomy, for young Gentle- men and Ladies : Defcribing the Figure, Motions, and Dimenfions of the Earth ; the different Seafons ; Gravity and Light; the Solar Syftem 3 the Tranfit of/^^wax, and its Ufe in Aftronomy) the Moon's Motion and Phafes, the Eclipfes of the Sun and Moon; the Caufe of the Ebbing and Flowing of the Seaj &c. 3d Edition. 5s. Tables and Trails relative to feveral Arts and Sci- ences; 5s. An Introdudion to Ele£tricity, in 6 Se£lions. I. Of Electricity in general. 2. A Defcription of the Electrical Machine. 3. A Defcription of the Apparatus (belonging to the Machine) for making Electrical Experiments. 4. How to know if the Machine be in good Order for per- forming the Experiment, and how to put it in Order if it be not. 5. How to make the Electrical Experiments^ and to preferve Buildings from Damage by Lightning. 6. Medical Electricity. llluftrated with Plates. 4s. Lectures on Sele6l Subjects, in Mechanics, Hydrofta- tics, Pheumatics, and Optics,with the Ufe of the Globes j the Art of Dialling, and the Calculation of the Mean Times of New and Full Moons and Eclipfes. 7s. 6d. Select Mechanical Exercifes,{hewing how to conftruct different Clocks, Orreries, and Sun Dials, on plain and eafyPrinciples. With feveral Mifcellaneous Articles, and Tables. llluftrated with Copper-plates. To which is prefixed, a fliort Account of the Life of the Author, ^s. The fix preceding by James Fergufori^ F. R. S. Obfervations on reverfionary Payments; on Schemes for granting Annuities to Widows, and to Pcrfons in old Age; on the Method of finding the Value of AfTurances on Lives and Survivorfhip; and on the National Debt. To which are added, new Tables of the Probabilities of Life ; and EfTayson the different Rates of Human Mor- tality in different Situations; the Influences of great 1 Towns on Population; the Increafe of Mankind; and -other Subjefts in Political Arithmetic, and the Doaririe of Annuities. By Richard Pricey D. D.- f. T^' ^- ^ new Edition, 2 vols. 8vo. 15s. The Doarine of ■ Aunuities'and AfTurances on Lives and Survivorfhips, It'tj^d-and explained.- By lyUliam