About this title: For improving the natural knowledge; containing the history of the institution, design and progress of the Royal Society of London for the advancement of experimental philosophy; experiments of the recoiling of guns; method for making a history of the weather; a proposal for making wine; an apparatus to the history of the common practices of dying; and many more interesting topics.
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Edition: Third Printing, Facsimile Reprint
Binding: Cloth Boards, Gilt Titles
Publisher: Washington University Press, St. Louis
Date Published: 1966
Description: Near Fine. No Dustjacket. Facsimile Reprint. Thick 8vo. Edited with critical apparatus by Jackson I. Cope and Harold Whitmore Jones. xxxii, 438pp, 78pp notes. BRight, clean, unmarked copy. Tight, square binding. No wear to cloth. Heavy book weighing 1.2kg. read more
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Washington University, Saint Louis
Date Published: 1958
Description: Very Good. No Jacket. 438 pgs. + errata, notes and appendix at rear, black marker blotches to front and rear endpapers and lower spine surface, marker has bleed through first few pgs., tight, solid copy, facsimile reprint. read more
Edition: first facsimile edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Routledge & Kegan Paul, London
Date Published: 1959
Description: Ppxxxii, 340, 78 (notes & appendices). Illus. Roy. 8vo, cloth. Very good in spotted and very sl. edge chipped d/w. Facsimile of the first edition of 1667. read more
Description: Good. GOOD with average wear to cover and pages. We offer a no-hassle guarantee on all our items. Orders generally ship by the next business day. Default Text. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: KESSINGER PUB LLC
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780766128675ISBN:0766128679
Description: New. For improving the natural knowledge; containing the history of the institution, design and progress of the Royal Society of London for the advancement of experimental philosophy; experiments of the recoiling of guns; method for making a history of th... read more
Edition: Second corrected edition.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Printed for Robert Scot, Richard Chiswell and Thomas Chapman, London
Date Published: 1702
Description: Small 4to (150x205mm) in contemporary blind tooled calf bindings, spine bands and label; [8], 438 pages & 2 folding plates. Includes the engraved armorial frontispiece. The front board of this copy is scuffed, the headband of the spine is chipped and the external hinges have split (the front hinge is tender but not detached, the external hinge is quite sound). Internally clean and excellent with generous margins, a fine copy with some regular external wear. Contains descriptions of interesting ... read more
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