Miscellanea curiosa : being a collection of some of the principal phenomena in nature, accounted for by the greatest philosophers of this age - ECU Libraries Catalog

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Miscellanea curiosa : being a collection of some of the principal phenomena in nature, accounted for by the greatest philosophers of this age.

Author/creator	Royal Society (Great Britain)
Format	Electronic, Book, and Journal
Publication Info	London [England] : printed by J. B. for Jeffery Wale, at the Angel in St. Paul's Church-yard; and John Senex, in Hemlock-Court, near Temple-Bar, 1705-1707.
Description	3 volumes, plates : illustrations, map, diagram ; 19 cm (4⁰)
Supplemental Content	Full text online
Subject(s)	Science--England --18th century --Periodicals --Early works to 1800. History of science and technology--England --Periodicals --Early works to 1800. Cultural geography--18th century --Periodicals --Early works to 1800. Scientific apparatus and instruments--Advertisements --Periodicals --Early works to 1800.

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Other author/creator	Newton, Isaac, 1642-1727 contributor.
Other author/creator	Price, C., bookseller.
Other author/creator	Wale, Jeffrey, bookseller.
Other author/creator	Senex, John, -1740, bookseller.
Running title	Miscellanea curiosa
Frequency	Annual
General note	Title repeated as caption and running titles.
General note	Vol. 3 extended title changes to: Miscellanea Curiosa: containing a collection of curious travels, voyages, and natural histories of countries, as they have been delivered to the Royal Society.
General note	Imprint on title page varies; v. II has imprint: London: Printed by J.B. for Jeffery Wale, at the Angel in St. Paul's Church-yard; J. Senex, and C. Price, next the Fleece Tavern in Cornhill, 1706; punctuation in v. III varies slightly.
General note	Plates include landscapes, ruins and Chinese characters
General note	With contents in each volume.
General note	Essays on scientific topics such as water, tides, light, mathematics, and the sun; with advertisements for scientific instruments; vol.3 includes descriptions of foreign lands such as Turkey, China and Virginia, their cultures, agriculture, climate, and appearance. Vol. I includes a letter from Isaac Newton.
General note	Reproduction of original from Cambridge University Library.
References	English Short Title Catalog, P3239.
Special numbering	First volume unnumbered.
Special numbering	Volumes lack dates; dated from imprints.
Reproduction note	Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
Title history note	Second edition published, 1708; third ed., 1723-1727.
Genre/form	Periodicals 18th century England.

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