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Bibliotheca Britannica; or, a general index to British and foreign literature / By Robert Watt.

  • Robert Watt
Date:
1824
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    ferent soils, burning mountains, minerals, vegetables, metals, stones, beasts, 2 Priestley’s Letters birds, and fishes ; with the dispositions, customs, and manner of living of the 4 inhabitants. Interspersed with an account.of the Island. Also a Meteoro- logical Table; with remarks and a map. Translated from the Danish. Lond. 4 {'758, fol. 15s. —Copernicus ‘Triumphans, sive de Parallaxi Otbis Annui.— Elements of Mathematicks. HORREUS, Perrvus.—Observationes Critice in Historicos Grecos Herodotum, Thucydidem, Xenophontem, et Arrianum. Leovard. 1736, Svo. HORROX, Jzremian, an English Astronomer, and the first who ob- served the passage of Venus over the Sun’s disk, was born in Lancashire, about 1619; died 1640-1.—Venus in Sole visa, anno 1639, cum Notis Johannis Hevelii. This is published along with a Work of Hevelius’, entit. Mercurivs in Sole visus, cum Notis Jobannis Hevelii, Gedani anni 1661, e Maij 3, cum aliis quibusdam Rerum Ceelestium Observation. rarisque Phoe- nomenis. Dantz. 1662.—Excerpta ex Epistolis ad Gulielmum Crabtreum, suum in Studiis Astronomicis. Lond. 1672, 4to.—Observationum Ceeles- tium, Catalogus. Lond. 1672, 4to.—Novx Theorie Lunaris, Explicatio. Lond. 1675, 4to.—Opera Posthuma, viz. Astronomica Kepleriana defensa et promota; Excerpta ex Epistolis ad Crabtreum suum; Observationum Ceelestium Catalogus ; et Lune Theoria Nova, Edente Joh. Wallisio, Lond. 1673, 4to. The same. Lond. 1678. HORSBURGH, James, Esq., F. R. S., Hydrographer to the East In- dia Company.— Memoirs; compri:ing the Navigation to and from China by Jjthe China Sea, and through the Straits and Channels in the Indian Archi- ] rs, by an unknown hand. Lond. 1784, 8vo. 3s.—Tr: in controversy with Dr. Priestley, upon the Historical Question of oh te lief of the first ages in our Lord’s Divinity. 1783-4-6. Revised. and augmented with a large Addition of Notes and Supplementary Disquisi- tions, by the Author. Lond. 1789, 8vo. 6s. 6d. Third edition. To which is added, An Appendix, by the Rev. Heneage Horsley. 1812, 8vo. 14s. Bishop H. acquired great reputation from this controversy. —A Sermon on the Incarnation, Lond. 1785, 4to. 1s,—Remarks on Dr. Priestley’s se- cond Letter to the Archdeacon of Saint Alban’s; with Proofs of certain Facts asserted by the Archdeacon. 1786.—Review of the Case of the Protestant Dissenters. 1786.—Sermon preached at the Anniversary m Meeting of the Sons of the Clergy, in the Cathedral Church of St. Paul May 16th, 1786. Lond. 1786, 4to. 1s.—The Analogy between the Light of Inspiration and the Light of Learning, as qualifications for the Minis- try; a Sermon, Lond. 1787, 4to. 1s:—On the Principle of Vitality in Man, as described in the Holy Scriptures, and the difference between true and apparent Death ; a Sermon for the benefit of the Humane Society. Lond. 1789, 4to. 1s.—-A Sermon, preached in the Abbey Church of St. Peter Westminster, Jan. 50, 1793, being the Anniversary of the Martyrdom of King Charles the First. With an Appendix, concerning the Political Prin- ciples of Calvin, Lond. 1793, 4to. 1s. 6d.—On the Prosodies of the Greek and Latin languages. Lond. 1796, 8vo. 4s. Anon. A Work full n of erndition, and much esteemed.—Two Dissertations on the Acronychal Rising of the Pleiades, subjoined to Dr. Vincent’s Voyage of Nearchus. 517 8 pelago; also the Navigation of Bombay Harbour. Lond. 1805, 4to,— Di- rections for Sailing to and from the East Indies, China, New Holland, the Cape of Good Hope, and the interjacent parts. Lond. 1809, 4to. Part ii. Lond. 1811, 4to. 45s.—Chart of the Peninsula and Islands beyond the River Ganges. 1813.—Abstract of Observations on a Diurnal Variation of a Barometer between the Tropics. Nicholson’s Journal, xii. 16, 1806. and Phil. Trans. 177. 1805.—lEnumeration of several Cases of Ships which have been struck by Lightning; the destructive effects having acted in a vertical direction towards the centre of the earth, and never horizontally. Ib. xiv. £318.—Facts and Observations relating to the Winds, Waves, and other Phe- nomena, by which the surface of the Sea is affected. Ib. xv. 6.—Facts and Observations respecting Vision under Water, and various particulars relating to Swimming, &c. Ib. 265. HORSBURGH, Wriuam, M. D.— Experiments and, Observations upon the Harifell Spaw, made at Moffat, 1750. Edin. 1754, 8vo. The same, Published in the Ess. Phys. and Lit. i. 541. 1754. HORSEFALL, James, F. R. S.—The Application of Dr. Saunder- son’s Theorem for Solving unlimited Equations, to a curious Question in Chronology. Phil. Trans. Abr. xii, 519. 1768.—Observation on the late A Transit of Venus. Ib. 625. HORSEMAN, Nicnoras.— Appendix to Wheare’s Method of Read- ing Histories; containing an Account of the Histories of particular Na- tions, as well Ancient.as Modern. Lond. 1694, 8vo. HORSFALL, Joun.—The Preacher; or, Methode of Preaching. Wrytten in Latine by Nicholas Hemminge, and translated into Englishe, by I. H. Verye necessarye for al those that by the true preaching of the word of God, labounio pull down the Synagogue of Sathan, and to buylde up the Temple of God. Lond. 1574, 1576, 8vo. HORSFIELD, Tuomas, M. D.—An Essay on the Oopas, or Poison i Tree of Java. Thom. Ann. Philos. ix. 202. 1817. HORSLEY, Heneacr, A. M., son of Bishop Samuel H.—A_ Ser- mon on the Power of Absolution ; preached at an Ordination at St. Asaph. 1804, 4to.—The Unity of Design in the Law and Gospel; a. Sermon preached in the Scotch Episcopal Church, Dundee, at the Consecration of Dr. Gleig, as Bishop of the Episcopal Church of Scotland. 1808, Is. 6d. HORSLEY, Joxn, an excellent English Antiquary, a native of North- umberland ; died 1731.—Britannia Romana; or, the Roman Antiquities of Britain, in % books, containing, the History of the Roman Transactions in Britain; a complete collection of the Roman Inscriptions and Sculptures, j which have hitherto been discovered in Britain ; and the Roman Geography of Britain. Illustrated with above 100 copperplates. . Lond, 1732, fol. HORSLEY, Joun, Fourth Mate on Board the Glatton East India Ship.— How to find the Longitude at Sea, by the Moon. Phil. Trans. Abr. xii. 161. 1764. —- fa - HORSLEY, Samurt, LL. D., F. R. and A. SS., Lord Bishop of St. David’s, and Rochester, a highly distinguished Prelate, and Miscellaneous Writer, was born in London, 1733; died 1806.—The Power of God, de- duced from the computable instantaneous productions of it in the Solar System. restituti> Oxf. 1770, 4to. 9s:—Remarks ons the Observations made in a klate Voyage to the North Pole, for determining the Acccleration of the Pendulum, in latitude 79° 51’.. Lond. 1774, 4to. 1s. See Purrrs, C. J. Dr. H. here detects some errors of calculation. —Providence and Free Agency; a Sermon preached in the Cathedral of St. Paul. Lond. 1778, 4to. 1s. —Complete edition of the Works of Sir Isaac Newton; published with the title of, Isaaci Newtoni Opera que extant omnia. Commentariis illustrabat Samuel. Horsley, LL. D. Lond. 1779-85, 5 vols. 4to. 105s, —A Charge delivered to the Clergy of the Archdeaconry of St. Alban’s, at a Visitation, holden May 22, 1703. Published with Additions. Lond. 1783, 4to. 3s.—Letters from the Archdeacon of St. Alban’s, in Reply to };. Priestley. With an Appendix, containing, Short Strictures on Dr. on I, 1797. See Vincent, W.—A Circular Letter to the Diocese of Rochester. on the Scarcity of Corn. 1796.—Another Circular Letter to that Diocese, on the Defence of the Kingdom. 1798.—Critical Disquisitions on the 18th Chapter of Isaiah; in a Letter to Edward King, Esq. 1796, 4to.— Hosea, translated from the Hebrew ; with Notes, Explanatory and Critical. 1801, 4to. Reprinted with large Additions. Lond. 1804, 4to.—Elemen- tary Treatises on the Fundamental Principles of Practical. Mathematics for the use of Students. Oxf. 1801, 8vo. 8s. 6d.— Euclidis Elementorum, libri priores xii, ex Commandini et Gregorii Versionibus Latinis in usum oJuventutis Academice, Edidit, pluribus in locis auxit, et. in depravatis emendavit. Oxon. 1802, 8vo. 9s. 6d.—Euclidis Datorum liber, cum Ad- ditamentis, necnon Tractatus alii ad Geometriam pertinentes. Curavit et edidit. Oxon. 1803, 8vo. 7s.—A Critical Essay on Virgil’s ‘Two. Seasons of Honey, and his Season of Sowing Wheat. With a New and Compen- dious Method of Investigating the Risings and Settings of the Fixed Stars. Lond. 1805, 4to. 4s. 6d.—The Watchers and the Holy Ones ; a Sermon on Dan. iy. 17. Lond. 1806, 4to. 2s-—Sermons. Dundee, 1810, 2 vols. 8vo. 21s. 2d edition. 1811, 8vo. 14s.\—The Speeches in Parliament of Samuel Horsley. Dundee, 1813, 8vo,—The Charges delivered at his se= veral Visitations of the Dioceses of St. David’s, Rochester, and St. Asaph, P1813, 8vo. 7s.—-Nine Sermons on the Nature of the Evidence by which the fact of our Lord’s Resurrection is established; and on various other sub- jects. To which is prefixed, A Dissertation on the Prophecies of the Mes- siah, dispersed among the Heathen. Lond. 1815, 8vo. 10s. 6d.—The Book of Psalms, translated from the Hebrew; with Notes, Explanatory and Critical. Lond. 1815, 2 vols. 8vo. 32s. A valuable publication, dis- playing great erudition. —A Computation of the Distance of the Sun from the Earth. Phil. Trans. Abr. vii. 411: 1767. The same, by the Theory of Gravity. Ib. 619. 1769.—Venus observed onthe Sun, at Oxford, June 3,1769. Ib. 629.—Difficulties in the Newtonian Theory of Light, Con- sidered and Removed. Ib. xiii. 65. 1770. Ib. 210. 1771,—KOSKINON g EPATOZ@ENOT® ; or, the Sieve of Eratosthenes ; being an Account of his Method of finding all the Prime Numbers. Ib. 314. 1772.—-On the Mea- surement of Heights by the Barometer. Ib. Abr. xiii. 530. 1774.—On Polygons of the Greatest and Least Area, or Perimeter, inscribed in a Circle, or circumscribed about'a Circle. Ib. 653. 1775.—Qnthe Weather at London. Ib. xiii. 44. 1776. HORSLEY, Witi1am.—The Universal Merchant. Lond. 1753, 4to. HORSLEY, Witu1am, M. D., Durham Regiment.—Remarks on the Pitcaithly and Dunbarney Mineral Waters in Perthshire; illustrative of their Composition and Medicinal Properties ; founded on accurate Analysis, &e. 1814, 12mo. 4s. r HORSMAN, Gixzert, late of Lincoln’s Inn.—Precedents in Conyey- ancing, settled and approved by himself and other eminent Counsel ; with proper Rules. 1744, 5 vols. Lond. 1757, 2 vols. fol. 4th edit. 3 vols. 8vo.—Notes aud Qbservations on the Fundamental Laws of England ; with some Account of their origin and present Establishment. Lond. 1753, 12mo.. } - HORSMANNUS, Ro.—Sionis Certamina et Triumphus. 12mo. HORSTIUS, Grecory, a Physician of great reputation, termed the German Esculapius, was born at Torgau, 1578; died 1636. . He is Author of a considerable number of Works, the titles of which.are as follow,— Physice Exercitationes de Anima. Witeb. 1605, 8vo.—Exercitationes de s Corpore Humano. Witeb. 1606, 4to.—An Corpus Humanum post Mor- tem sine Corruptione incipiente durare potest per aliquot Septimanas? et, ~ An Fluxus Sanguinis Cadaveris Humani occisi, praesentiam Interfectoris in- dicet? cum Resp. Facultatis Medic Viennensis. Witeb. 1606, 8vo.— Zxeyis Physica Medica, de Casu quodam Admirando et Singulari.. Witeb. 1606, 8vo.—De Conservatione Cadaverum. . Witeb. 1608, 8va.—— Disp. Medice xx. Witeb. 1609, 8vo.—De Natura Amoris ; additis Resolutioni- bus Questionum de Cura Furoris Amatorii, de Philtris atque de Pulsu q 1653,
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