The discourse made before the Royal Society the 26. of November, 1674, concerning the use of duplicate proportion in sundry important particulars together with a new hypothesis of springing or elastique motions / by Sir William Petty, Kt. ...
About this Item
- Title
- The discourse made before the Royal Society the 26. of November, 1674, concerning the use of duplicate proportion in sundry important particulars together with a new hypothesis of springing or elastique motions / by Sir William Petty, Kt. ...
- Author
- Petty, William, Sir, 1623-1687.
- Publication
- London :: Printed for John Martyn ...,
- 1674.
- Rights/Permissions
-
To the extent possible under law, the Text Creation Partnership has waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to this keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above, according to the terms of the CC0 1.0 Public Domain Dedication (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). This waiver does not extend to any page images or other supplementary files associated with this work, which may be protected by copyright or other license restrictions. Please go to http://www.textcreationpartnership.org/ for more information.
- Subject terms
- Physics -- Early works to 1800.
- Atomic structure -- Early works to 1800.
- Link to this Item
-
http://name.umdl.umich.edu/A54611.0001.001
- Cite this Item
-
"The discourse made before the Royal Society the 26. of November, 1674, concerning the use of duplicate proportion in sundry important particulars together with a new hypothesis of springing or elastique motions / by Sir William Petty, Kt. ..." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A54611.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 15, 2024.
Pages
Page [unnumbered]
To the Right Honourable WILLIAM Lord Viscount Brouncker, PRESIDENT OF THE Royal Society.
My Lord,
THE Observati∣ons on the Bills of Mortality were distinctly Dedicated to a Peer of this Realm, and also to the Presi∣dent of the Royal Society,
Page [unnumbered]
and both with good accep∣tance: Wherefore I have also (like the Author of those Observations) Dedicated this Discourse to his Grace the Duke of Newcastle, for the reasons in the foregoing Epi∣stle mentioned; and I now again Dedicate the same to your Lordship. First, In Gra∣titude for the several assi∣stances I had from your Lord∣ship towards the Experiments mentioned in this Discourse. Secondly, Because your Lord∣ship is an Eminent Iudge
Page [unnumbered]
in those Matters, a Person whose Animadversions I shall take for Kindnesses; and who is able to excuse the Er∣rors, and defend the Truths I have delivered. Lastly, For that near half the whole Discourse relates to Shipping, Artillery, Fortresses, Sea∣banks, &c. which all con∣cern his Majesties Service, and part whereof are happily entrusted by him to your Lordships Care; I thought I might express My affection to those his Majesties Con∣cernments
Page [unnumbered]
even by offering this my Mite unto them. Vpon the whole Matter, I have layd hold on this Occa∣sion, to Publish my desire of being esteemed,
My LORD,
Your Lordships most humble and faith∣ful Servant WILLIAM PETTY.
Ult. Decemb. 1674.