Philosophia Britannica, or, A new and comprehensive system of the Newtonian philosophy, astronomy and geography
Subtitle: in a course of twelve lectures, with notes : containing the physical, mechanical, geometrical, and experimental proofs and illustrations of all the principal propositions in every branch of natural science : also a particular account of the invention, structure, improvement and uses of all the considerable instruments, engines, and machines : with new calculations relating to their nature, power, and operation : the whole collected and methodized from all the principal authors, and public memoirs to the present year, and embellished with eighty-one copper-plates
By: by B. Martin
Edition: The second edition.
Publisher: Printed for M. Cooper, J. Newbery, S. Crowder and Co., B. Collins, and J. Leake, and W. Frederick
Published: 1759
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Subjects: Science; Early works to 1800
Other titles: New and comprehensive system of the Newtonian philosophy, astronomy and geography
Notes: ESTC N12262

Price paid in ms: 3 vol. £11.10.0; all three volumes inscribed from Samuel Williams to Charles K. Williams in 1809.

Ownership inscriptions of Josiah Wilder, dated 1766 and 1781.

The gift of the author to Harvard College Library, 6 April 1767.

With the uncancelled state of leaf bearing p. 383 (fifth line starts "By Experiments ...").

Contemporary calf, somewhat rubbed.

In this copy, leaf containing p. 383-384, v. 3, is integral, with p. 383, line 5, beginning "By Experiments".

Imperfect: plate 22 mutilated.

Bound in contemporary tan calf.

In this copy, leaf containing p. 383-384, v. 3, is a cancel, with p. 383, line 5, beginning "Therefore".

Inserted in v. 3 is a plate containing additional figures apparently intended to be cut out & mounted on plate lxii; intact in this copy.

Three plates intended to be bound with the Appendix to Lecture I in v. 1 misbound in this copy in v. 3 with Appendix I.

Vol. 1 bound in brown cloth; v. 2-3 bound in contemporary brown calf, spines gilt.