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. ...
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- 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.
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- Subject terms
- Physics -- Early works to 1800.
- Atomic structure -- Early works to 1800.
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Contents
- At a Meeting of the Council of the Royal Society.
- title page
- bookplate
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To his Grace, WILLIAM, LORD DUKE OF
NEWCASTLE. -
To the Right Honourable WILLIAM Lord ViscountBrouncker, PRESIDENT OF THE Royal Society. - ERRATA.
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A DISCOURSE TO THE Royal Society.
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The First Instance, Wherein Duplicate, and Sub∣duplicate Ratio or Pro∣portion is considerable, Is -
The Second Instance Is in the Strength of Timber, &c. -
The Third Instance▪ In the Oars of a Boat, &c. -
The Fourth Instance. In the Motion of Horses. -
The Fifth Instance, In Mills. -
The Sixth Instance, In Gunpowder. -
The Seventh Instance. Of Sounds. -
The Eighth Instance Of Smells -
The Ninth Instance Concerns Visible Objects. -
The Tenth Instance, In the Time of the Vibration of Pendules. -
The Eleventh Instance In the Life of Man, and its Duration. -
The Twelfth Instance In Musick. -
The Thirteenth Instance, of Fire and Spirits. -
The Fourteenth Instance, of Rising and Falling Bo∣dies;but particularly of Waters in Pumps and River-streams. -
The Fifteenth Instance, In the Blast of Bellows. -
The Sixteenth Instance, In the Price of several Com∣modities. -
The Seventeenth Instance, In Mill-Dams, Sea-Bancks,and Bulwarks of For∣tresses. -
The Eighteenth Instance, In the Compression of Yield∣ing and Elastic Bodies,as Wooll, &c.
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An Appendix
OF ELASTICITY. - Conclusion.