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Title Memoirs of the Royal Society : being a new abridgment of the Philosophical transactions. Giving an account of the undertakings, studies, and labours of the learned and ingenious in many considerable parts of the world ; from the first institution of that illlustrious society in the year 1665, to the year of Our Lord 1735 inclusive. The whole carefully abridg'd from the originals, and the order of time regularly observ'd, with a translation of the Latin tracts, and the theoretical parts apply'd to practical uses ; also an explanation of the terms of art as they occur in the course of the work ; being a work of general use to the publick, and worthy of the perusal of all mathematicians, artificers, tradesmen, &c. for their improvement, in various branches of business / by Mr. Baddam ... Illustrated with a great variety of copper plates.

Imprint London : G. Smith, 1739-1741.

Frontispiece Vol I
Frontispiece Vol I		 Title Page Vol I
Title Page Vol I		 Title Page Vol II
Title Page Vol II		 Plate III Vol II
Plate III Vol II 		Title Page Vol III
Title Page Vol III		 Next 5
 
Plate I Vol III
Title Page Vol IV
Plate III Vol IV
Title Page Vol V
Plate I Vol V
Title Page Vol VI
Plate V Vol VI
Plate XIII Vol VI
Title Page Vol VII
Plate XI Vol VII
Title Page Vol VIII
Plate II Vol VIII
Title Page Vol IX
Location Call Number Status
 Rare Book Storage  Q41 .M456 1739  v.1  LIB USE ONLY
 Rare Book Storage  Q41 .M456 1739  v.2  LIB USE ONLY
 Rare Book Storage  Q41 .M456 1739  v.3  LIB USE ONLY
 Rare Book Storage  Q41 .M456 1739  v.4  ON EXHIBIT
 Rare Book Storage  Q41 .M456 1739  v.5  LIB USE ONLY
 Rare Book Storage  Q41 .M456 1739  v.6  LIB USE ONLY
 Rare Book Storage  Q41 .M456 1739  v.7  LIB USE ONLY
 Rare Book Storage  Q41 .M456 1739  v.8  LIB USE ONLY
 Rare Book Storage  Q41 .M456 1739  v.9  LIB USE ONLY
 Rare Book Storage  Q41 .M456 1739  v.10  LIB USE ONLY
Description 10 v. : ill. (some fold.) ; 21 cm.
Note Spine title: "Memoirs of the Royal Society. 1-10."
Gift Roy G. Neville; purchase; 2004.
Provenance Provenance: Armorial bookplate of Robert Austen on front cover pastedown of all ten volumes.
Provenance: Owner's name, "Austin," inscribed in ink on recto of front free endpaper of v. 3.
Indexed In Neville, R. G., Roy G. Neville Historical Chemical Library, volume 2, page 402 CHF #89-1
Subject(s) Science -- Societies -- Great Britain -- Early works to 1800.
Science -- Great Britain -- Early works to 1800.
Alternate Author Royal Society (Great Britain).
Baddam, Benjamin.