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Professor Saunderson's lectures upon hydrostatics, pneumatics, optics, mechanics, and astronomy ; the nature of the rain bow ; the doctrine of sounds ; and the cause of tides : together with a compendium of technical chronology.
Saunderson, Nicholas (1682-1739)
c.1740
Contains Nicholas Saunderson's lectures on various mathematical, physical, and technical topics, probably written up about the date of his death.
The second part of Mr Holmes' philosophical lectures ; to which are added Professor Saunderson's lectures on astronomy.
Holmes, George (1662-1749)
c.1740
Contains: (1) Ff.1-34: The conclusion to Mr Holmes' lectures on 'hydrostaticks', prefaced by an index; (2) Ff.35-111: 'Astronomical lectures by Nicholas Saunderson LLD, FRS & Professor of Mathematick...