1674 PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSCATIONS MARCH 25 1674 NO 101 ROYAL SOCIETY ROBERT HOOK ^

Description: I have here for sale a genuine original first printing of the PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS March 25 1674 Number 101 printed by T.R. for John Martyn, Printer to the Royal Society, London, in 1674. First edition. The Contents listed on the front cover are:The Preface to the Tenth Year of these TractsNotice of a New Discovery concerning Nova ZemblaAn Account of a Way of Extracting a Volatil Salt and Spirt out of Vegetables, by Dr Daniel CoxAn Observation of Dr Johnstons of Pomphret concerning some Stones of a perfect Gold colour, founded in AnimalsExtracts of two Letters, written by Mr Sandius touching the Origins of Pearls.An Account of some Books: I. An Attempt to prove the Motion of the Earth from Observations, made by Robert Hook, Fellow of the R. Society. II. A Body of Military Medicines experimented, by Raymundus Mindererus, etc. III. Ephemeridum Medico-Physicarum Germaniae Annus Tertius. IV. England's Interest and Improvement, etc., by Samuel Fortrey Esquire. V. A Discourse of the Fishery, etc., by Roger L'Estrange Esquire."Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society" is a scientific journal published by the Royal Society, established in 1665, making it the second journal in the world devoted to science. The first issue was published on 6 March 1665, edited and published by the society's first secretary, Henry Oldenburg. Oldenburg put out 136 issues at his own expense before his death in 1677.Loose pages with minor tears along the edges. Pages are browned but are easily readable. 20 pages. 21.5 x 17 cm.We have over 2000 items in our Ebay shop on a range of subjects, so please feel free to have a browse and see if anything else takes your fancy.Postage will be by Air Mail outside of UK. If you buy more than one item then the postage cost falls for the second and further items as I will put them into one parcel - so you save money. We wrap and post the parcels on Monday and Tuesday - therefore if you pay before midday on Tuesday we will get it in the postal sacks on Tuesday night, and if it is after that time then it will go into the postal service on the following Monday. pages

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