Miscellanea curiosa : containing a collection of some of the principal phaenomena in nature, accounted for by the greatest philosophers of this age : being the most valuable discourses, read and delivered to the Royal society, for the advancement of physical and mathematical knowledge : as also a collection of curious travels, voyages, antiquities, and natural histories of countries : presented to the same society : to which is added, A discourse of the influence of the sun and moon on human bodies, &c. / by R. Mead ... ; and also Fontenelle's Preface of the usefulness of mathematical learning.
| Author/creator | Halley, Edmond |
| Format | Electronic |
| Edition | 3d ed. ... |
| Publication Info | London : Printed by W.B. for James and John Knapton, 1723-27. |
| Description | 3 v. : front., plates (part fold.), fold. maps, fold. plan, fold. diagrs. ; 21 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Gale, Sabin Americana: History of the Americas, 1500-1926 |
| Other author/creator | Hodgson, James, 1672-1755. |
| Other author/creator | Derham, W. (William), 1657-1735. |
| Other author/creator | Mead, Richard, 1673-1754 |
| Other author/creator | Fontenelle, M. de (Bernard Le Bovier), 1657-1757 |
| Other author/creator | Royal Society (Great Britain) |
| Series | Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926 Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926. UNAUTHORIZED |
| General note | Vol. I, 3d edition, 1726; v. 2, 1723; v. 3, 2d edition, 1727, revised and corrected by W. Derham. |
| General note | Largely composed of the editor's contribution to the Philosophical transactions. |
| General note | "The laws of stereographick projection laid down and demonstrated by Ja. Hodgson": v. 2, p. 362-372. |
| General note | Vol. III has title: Miscellanea curiosa. Containing a collection of curious travels, voyages, and natural histories of countries, as they have been delivered in to the Royal society. |
| General note | Reproduction of original from Library of Congress. |
| General note | Sabin no. 49438. |
| References | RLIN, CTRG389504-B |
| Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2005. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. |
| LCCN | 16012891 |
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