Miscellanea curiosa : containing a collection of some of the principal phænomena in nature, accounted for by the greatest philosophers of this age ; being the most valuable discourses, read and delivered to the Royal Society, for the advancement of physical and mathematical knowledge ; as also a collection of curious travels, voyages, antiquities, and natural histories of countries : presented to the same society ; to which is added, a discourse of the influence of the sun and moon on human bodies, &c. by R. Mead and also Fontenelle's preface of the usefullness of mathematical learning.
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Table of Contents:
- Volume 3. A letter from Mr. John Clayton Rector of Crofton at Wakefield in Yorkshire, to the Royal Society, May 12 1688. giving an account of several observables in Virginia, and in his voyage thither, more particularly concerning the air
- Mr. Clayton's second letter, containing his farther observations on Virginia
- A continuation of Mr. John Clayton's account of Virginia
- Mr. John Clayton, Rector of Crofton at Wakefield, his letter to theRoyal Society, giving a farther account of the soil, and other observables of Virginia
- A continuation of Mr. Clayton's account of Virginia
- Part of two letters from Mr. J. Hillier, dated Cape Corse, Jan. 3, 1687/8. And Apr. 25, 1688. Wrote to the Reverend Dr. Bathurst, President of Trinity College, Oxon; giving an account of the customs of the inhabitants, the air, &c. of that place together with an account of the weather there from Nov. 24, 1686, to the same day 1687.