Two essays on the nature and wonderful properties of Island Crystal [electronic resource] : Essay I. Containing, all that has been hitherto delivered in regard to its form, dimensions, and double refraction of light; with the addition of several new experiments with polished parallelopipeds and prisms made of this substance, which discover a various, multiple, and colorific refraction; and exhibit a variety of images of one and the same object. To which is subjoined, a computation of the magnifying power of reflecting telescopes; and a table thereof, from 6 inches to 12 feet in length. The whole illustrated with copper plate figures. By Benjamin Martin.
1774
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Title
Two essays on the nature and wonderful properties of Island Crystal [electronic resource] : Essay I. Containing, all that has been hitherto delivered in regard to its form, dimensions, and double refraction of light; with the addition of several new experiments with polished parallelopipeds and prisms made of this substance, which discover a various, multiple, and colorific refraction; and exhibit a variety of images of one and the same object. To which is subjoined, a computation of the magnifying power of reflecting telescopes; and a table thereof, from 6 inches to 12 feet in length. The whole illustrated with copper plate figures. By Benjamin Martin.
Created/published
London : Printed for, and sold by the author, at No. 171, in Fleet-Street, [1774?]
Description
[2],16;17,[1]p.,plates ; 8vo.
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The second section, with separate titlepage, pagination and register, is 'Essay II. on the nature and wonderful properties of island crystal. ...', with same imprint.
Both essays could be had separately, the first essay without titlepage.
Date of publication based on date of advertisement at the end: Just published, The description and use of an opake solare microscope. ... London: printed for the author, No. 171, in Fleet-Street, 1774.
Price on title page: Price 1s. 6d.
Reproduction of original from Library of Congress.
The second section, with separate titlepage, pagination and register, is 'Essay II. on the nature and wonderful properties of island crystal. ...', with same imprint.
Both essays could be had separately, the first essay without titlepage.
Date of publication based on date of advertisement at the end: Just published, The description and use of an opake solare microscope. ... London: printed for the author, No. 171, in Fleet-Street, 1774.
Price on title page: Price 1s. 6d.
Reproduction of original from Library of Congress.
Reproduction
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009.
ESTC staff note
For the first essay see t122882, and for the second t230328.
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English Short Title Catalog (ESTC), T230327
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Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
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