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<dl><dd>Binding: modern marbled paper, half calfskin</dd>
<dd>No. 406 from the Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society. It is preceded by the general t.p. and dedication for v. XXXV, and followed by errata and an index for the vol. as a whole ([5] p. at end)</dd>
<dd>Caption title. Imprint from t.p. for v. XXXV</dd>
<dd>The plates illustrate Desaguliers' "Optical experiments."</dd></dl><br>Subjects: Altitudes; Optics; Tinplate; Stars</div>
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<dl><dd>Scheuchzer, Johann Jakob, 1672-1733. Remarks on the height of mountains</dd>
<dd>Desaguliers, J. T. (John Theophilus), 1683-1744. Optical experiments made in the beginning of August 1728</dd>
<dd>Rutty, William, 1687-1730. Method of making tin-plates</dd>
<dd>Bradley, James, 1693?-1762. Account of a new discovered motion of the fixed stars</dd>
<dd>Royal Society (Great Britain)</dd></dl></div>
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