Sprat T. The History of the Royal Society of London: For the Improving of Natural Knowledge

London: Printed for J. Knapton, J. Walthoe, D. Midwinter, J. Tonson, A. Bettesworth and C. Hitch, 1734. — 453 p.To the king.
To the Royal Society.
An advertisement to the Reader.
The history of the institution, Design, and Progress, Of the royal society of london. For the Advancement of Experimental Philosophy. The First part.
The history of the royal society. The Second part.
The History of the Answers return'd by sir Philiberto vernatti resident in Batavia in Iava Major, To certain Inquiries sent thither by Order of the Royal Society, and recommended by Sir Robert moray.
A method for making a History of the Weather. By Mr. Hook.
A scheme at one View representing to the Eye the Observations of the Weather for a Month.
Direction for the Observations of the Eclipses of the Moon. By Mr. Rooke.
Mr. Rook'S Discourse concerning the Observations of the Eclipses of the Satellites of Iupiter.
Appendix.
A proposal for making wine. By Dr. Goddard.
A relation of the Pico Teneriffe. Receiv'd from some considerable Merchants and Men worthy of Credit, who went to the top of it.
Experiments of the Weight of Bodies increased in the Fire: made at the Tower, and the Account brought in by my Lord Brovncker.
Experiments of a Stone called Oculus mundi made by Dr. Goddard.
An Account of a Dog dissected. By Mr. Hook.
Experiments of the Recoiling of Guns by the Lord Brovncker.
The history of the Making of Salt-peter by Mr. Henshaw.
The manner of making Salt-peter.
To Refine Salt-peter.
The history of Making Gun-powder.
An apparatus to the history of the Common Practices of Dying. By Sir William petty.
General Observations upon Dying.
The history of the Generation and Ordering of Green-oysters, commonly called Colchester-Oysters.
The history of the royal society. The Third part.
Errata.
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