Title: The mathematical and philosophical works of the Right Reverend John Wilkins ... :
Authors: Wilkins, John,; Bell, Andrew,; Nicholson, John,; Tooke, Benjamin,; Smith, Ralph,; Gregor, G. W. F.,; Porter, Eliz.,; Donald & Mary Hyde Collection of Dr. Samuel Johnson (Houghton Library)
Date: 1708
Publisher: Printed for J. Nicholson ... A. Bell ... B. Tooke ... and R Smith ... ,
Physical description: viii, [6], 274, [10], 90, [8], 184 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill., port. ; 20 cm. (8vo)
Language: English
LC classification: Q
Contents: I. The discovery of a new world, or, A discourse tending to prove, that 'tis probable there may be another habitable world in the moon. With a discourse of the possibility of a passage thither.--II. That 'tis probable our earth is one of the planets.--III. Mercury: or The secret and swift messenger. Shewing how a man may with privacy and speed communicate his thoughts to a friend at any distance.--IV. Mathematical magick: or the wonders that may be perform'd by mechanical geometry.--V. An abstract of his essay towards a real character, and a philosophical language.
Notes: Signatures: pi1 A⁴ B-S⁸ T⁴ 2A-2R⁸ 2S² 2T⁸. All but the final piece have special title pages dated 1707 (imprint varies).
Subject headings (LCSH): Cryptography--Early works to 1800.; Cryptography.; Mechanics--Early works to 1800.; Mechanics.; Plurality of worlds--Early works to 1800.; Plurality of worlds.; Science--Early works to 1800.; Solar system.