  A TABLE OF THE Discourses contain'd in this Volume . Miscellanea Curiosa. An Estimate of the Quantity of the Vapours Transcriber's Note. Apparent errors in mathematical expressions have been retained, although apparent typographical errors elsewhere in the text have been corrected. Inconsistencies in hyphenation have been retained. The decimal point may be indicated by a "." or "," while illustrations are referred to as a "Plate" or a "Tab." The frontispiece probably depicts Charles II. The Table of Discourses has been amended to include one omitted title and to correct erroneous page numbers. Fifth roots and "nth" roots are indicated by 5√ and n√ respectively. Miscellanea Curiosa.CONTAINING A COLLECTION Of some of the Principal PHÆNOMENA Accounted for by the Greatest Philosophers of this Age; BEING THE Most Valuable Discourses, Read and Delivered to the Royal Society, for the Advancement of Physical and Mathematical Knowledge. As also a Collection of Curious Travels, Voyages, Antiquities, and Natural Histories of Countries; Presented to the same Society. In Three VOLUMES. The Second Edition; To which is added, A Discourse of the Influence of the Sun and Moon on Humane Bodies, &c. By R. MEAD, M. D. F. R. S. And also Fontenelle's Preface of the Usefulness of Mathematical Learning. VOL. I. LONDON: Printed by F. M. for R. Smith, at the Bible under the Piazza of the Royal Exchange in Cornhill. 1708. |
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