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A short treatise on the conic sections; in which the three curves are derived from a general description on a plane, and the most useful properties of each are deduced from a common principle. By the Rev. T. Newton, M.A. fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge
Newton, Thomas, -1843.Date: MDCCXCIV. [1794]- Books
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Geometria organica: sive descriptio linearum curvarum universalis. Auctore Colino Mac Laurin, Matheseos in Collegio Novo Abredonensi Professore, & Reg. Soc. Soc.
Maclaurin, Colin, 1698-1746.Date: MDCCXX. [1720]- Books
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A treatise on geometry, and its application in the arts / By the Rev. Dionysius Lardner.
Lardner, Dionysius, 1793-1859.Date: 1840- Books
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Neutoni genesis curvarum per umbras. Seu perspectivæ universalis elementa; exemplis coni sectionum et linearum tertii ordinis illustrata.
Murdoch, Patrick, -1774.Date: M.DCC.XLVI. [1746]- Books
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Elemens de la geometrie de l'infini.
Fontenelle, M. de (Bernard Le Bovier), 1657-1757.Date: 1727- Books
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The first three sections of Newton's Principia; with copious notes and illustrations, and a great variety of deductions and problems. Designed for the use of students / By the Rev. John Carr.
Newton, Isaac, 1642-1727.Date: 1826- Archives and manuscripts
Snow Hill
Date: c.1883-c.1900Reference: WF/CA/P/01Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Archives and manuscripts
Ionisation measurements in electron beams - Book I
Date: Dec 1948-Apr 1949Reference: PP/JWB/A/1/1Part of: Boag, John (Jack) Wilson- Archives and manuscripts
Ionisation measurements at high intensity - Book IV
Date: Dec 1949-Mar 1950Reference: PP/JWB/A/1/3Part of: Boag, John (Jack) Wilson- Books
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Mechanics; or, the doctrine of motion. Comprehending, I. The general laws of motion. II. The descent of bodies perpendicularly, and down inclined Planes, and also in Curve Surfaces. The Motion of Pendulums. III. Centers of gravity. The Equilibrium of Beams of Timber, and their Forces and Directions. IV. The mechanical powers. V. The comparative strength of timber, and its stress. The Powers of Engines, their Motion, and Friction. VI. Hydrostatics and pneumatics.
Emerson, William, 1701-1782.Date: MDCCLXIX. [1769]- Books
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The carpenter's treasure; a collection of designs for temples, with their plans, Gates, Doors, Rails, and Bridges, in the Gothic taste; With the Centres at Large, for Striking Gothic Curves And Mouldings; And some Specimens of Rails, in the Chinese Taste: forming a complete system for rural decorations. A new edition. Neatly engraved on sixteen plates, from the original drawings of N. Wallis, Architect.
Wallis, N.Date: [1773]- Books
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An appendix, or, Second part to the complete treatise on perspective; Containing a brief history of perspective, from the earliest and most authentic accounts of it, down to the eighteenth century, when it first began to flourish in England; in which the methods of practice, used by the ancients, are exemplisied and compared with those now in use. Military perspective; bird's eye views; &c. The appearances of ascending and descending on an upright plane; such deceptions in vision accounted for, and illustrated by stricking representations: with useful and critical remarks on round subjects in general. The application of perspective to scenery; also to a ship; and in landscape; projection on curved surfaces; with other distortions, or anamorphoses; inverse perspective. Also the doctrine of reflection on plane mirrours. And, lastly, it contains a parallel and criticism on all the English authors who have wrote treatises on perspective; and the principles of Dr. Brook Taylor's perspective compared with Guidus Ubaldus, and S'sgravesande. The whole delivered in nine sections, and illustrated by ten plates. Second edition, with additions and improvements. Price one guinea. By Thomas Malton, sen.
Malton, Thomas, 1726-1801.Date: 1800- Books
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The builder's companion, and workman's general assistant; demonstrating, After the most easy and practical Method, all the principal rules of architecture, from the plan to the ornamental finish; Illustrated with a greater Number of useful and familiar Examples than any Work of that Kind hitherto published; With Clear and ample Instructions annexed to each Subject or Number, on the same Plate, with Estimates of Materials and Workmanship; Being not only useful to all Masons, Bricklayers, Plasterers, Carpenters, Joiners, and others concerned in the several Branches of Building, &c. but also necessary for Gentlemen, who will be hereby enabled to know the exact Expence of any Building, Alteration, or Repair. The whole correctly engraved on 92 folio copper-plates, containing upwards of seven hundred designs on the following Subjects, &c. 1. Of Foundations, Walls, and their Diminutions, Fitness of Chimneys, and Proportion of Light to Rooms, with the due Scantlings of Timber to be cut for Buildings, &c. II. Great Variety of Geometrical, Elliptic, and Polygon Figures, with Rules for their Formation, centering of all Sorts for Groins, Brick and Stone Arches, &c. both circular and splayed, also with circular Soflits in a circular Wall; many Examples for Gluing and Vancering Niches, &c. with Rules for tracing the Cover of Curve-Line Roofs, Piers, Vases, Pedestals for Sun-Dials, Busts, &c. and their must suitable Proportions. III. General Directions for framing Floors and Partitions Truss-Roofs, &c. and Methods to find the Length and Backing of Hips, straight or curve Lines to any Pitch, Square, or Bevel. IV. Of Stair-Cases, variously constructed; the Methods of working Ramp and Twist Rails; Profits of Stairs to shew the Manner of setting Carriages for the Steps; also the Framing of String-Boards and Rails, and likewise of fixing them. V. The Five Orders of Architecture from Palladio, with the Rule for gauging Flutes and Fillets on a diminished Column, by a Method extremely easy, and entirely new. VI. Doors, Windows, Frontispieces, Chimney-Pieces, Cornices, Mouldings, &c. truly proportioned, in a plain and genteel Taste. Vii. Sacred Ornaments, viz. Altar-Pieces, Pulpits, &c. Viii. Gothic Architecture, being a various Collection of Columns, Entablatures, Arches, Doors, Windows, Chimney-Pieces, and other Decorations in that prevailing Taste-And it may be noted of these, as of all the foregoing Examples, that they are immediately adapted to Workmen, and may be executed by the meanest Capacity. IX. Plans and Elevations of elegant Buildings Green-Houses, Hot-Houses, Temples, Seats for Gardens, Parks, &c. By William Pain, Architect and Joiner.
Pain, William, 1730?-1790?.Date: MDCCLXIX. [1769]- Books
Three-dimensional treatment for scoliosis : a physiotherapeutic method for deformities of the spine / Christa Lehnert-Schroth.
Lehnert-Schroth, ChristaDate: [2007]- Books
Doctored : the disillusionment of an American physician / Sandeep Jauhar.
Jauhar, Sandeep, 1968-Date: 2014- Pictures
Countryside on an autumn morning: two men sawing a tree; a man holding up a bird-net; a windmill; and a bridge over a stream. Engraving by S. à Bolswert after Sir P.P. Rubens.
Rubens, Peter Paul, 1577-1640.Date: [between 1638? and 1659?]Reference: 3063571i- Archives and manuscripts
Babbage, Charles (1791-1871)
Babbage, Charles, 1791-1871.Date: 25 August 1829-31 January 1896Reference: MS.8648- Mixed materials
Spinal disease and spinal curvature : their treatment by suspension and the use of the plaster of Paris bandage / by Lewis A. Sayre.
Sayre, Lewis A. (Lewis Albert), 1820-1900.Date: 1877