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Book/Printed Material An attempt to prove the motion of the earth from observations made

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Title

  • An attempt to prove the motion of the earth from observations made

Names

  • Hooke, Robert, 1635-1703.
  • Roycroft, Thomas, -1677, printer.
  • Martyn, John, active 1649-1680, bookseller.
  • Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • London, Printed by T. R. for John Martyn printer to the Royal Society, at the Bell in St. Pauls Church-yard, 1674.

Headings

  • -  Earth (Planet)--Rotation--Early works to 1800
  • -  Gravitation--Early works to 1800
  • -  Physics--Early works to 1800
  • -  England--London

Notes

  • -  On p. 1: Numb. 1.
  • -  Printed by Thomas Roycroft. Cf. ESTC.
  • -  English Short Title Catalogue (ESTC) R11231
  • -  Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection, 1522
  • -  LC copy: Upper margins of p. 25-28 trimmed with loss of numbers.
  • -  With: the author's Animadversions on the first part of the Machina coelestis of ... Johannes Hevelius. London, 1674; A description of helioscopes. London, 1676; Lampas. London, 1677; Lectures De potentia restitutiva. London, 1678 and Lectures and collections. London, 1678. Bound together subsequent to pubication.
  • -  LAC ecr 2018-11-06 update (1 card)
  • -  LAC ddw 2022-03-02 update (1 card)

Medium

  • 28 p. 4 plates. 22 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • QB633 .H6 1674

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 65059230

Online Format

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  • pdf
  • online text

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Chicago citation style:

Hooke, Robert, Thomas Roycroft, John Martyn, and Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. An Attempt to Prove the Motion of the Earth from Observations Made. London, Printed by T. R. for John Martyn printer to the Royal Society, at the Bell in St. Pauls Church-yard, 1674. Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/65059230/.

APA citation style:

Hooke, R., Roycroft, T., Martyn, J. & Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection. (1674) An Attempt to Prove the Motion of the Earth from Observations Made. London, Printed by T. R. for John Martyn printer to the Royal Society, at the Bell in St. Pauls Church-yard. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/65059230/.

MLA citation style:

Hooke, Robert, et al. An Attempt to Prove the Motion of the Earth from Observations Made. London, Printed by T. R. for John Martyn printer to the Royal Society, at the Bell in St. Pauls Church-yard, 1674. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/65059230/>.