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NLW MS 15261B.
Title
Lectures on hydrostatics, &c., by Nicholas Saunderson
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- [1714x1739] (Creation)
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i, 145 ff. (paginated 1-290) ; 195 x 150 mm.
Repaired and bound at NLW, 1962.
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Donated (together with NLW MS 15262B) by Captain C. A. Lyons, Skenfrith, February 1951.
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Notes on lectures given by Prof. Nicholas Saunderson at Cambridge, comprising 'Hydrostatics' (pp. 1-53), 'Sanderson upon the tides' (pp. 54-63), 'Sandersons Opticks' (pp. 65-130), 'Sanderson's Astronomy' (pp. 131-200) and 'Lectures on Mechanicks partly professor Sanderson' (pp. 205-266), followed by brief notes on various subjects such as distillation, the Zodiac, the barometer, etc. (pp. 269-290).
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- English
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English.
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Preferred citation: NLW MS 15261B.
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vtls005787051
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ISYSARCHB75
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Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales
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- English