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Physics - Great Britain - Early works to 1800

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    Heads of a course of lectures of natural and experimental philosophy . On the following interesting subjects; properties of matter, mechanics, pneumatics, hydrostatics, optics, ... By Mr. John Burton, ..

    Burton, John, fl. 1785. | Date: 1785
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    The system of nature, scientifically built on her native principles, the matters of the creation, according to holy writ, never before attempted in any physical system . A new philosophical theory, whereby the original matters, to wit, that of the heaven, that of the earth, and that of light, are scientifically examined, the properties essential to each are discovered, and the procreant powers of all are assigned in the egg of nature, whereby all her operations and phenomena are explained. By Felix O'Gallagher.

    O'Gallagher, Felix. | Date: 1798

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