Philosophical transactions for the month of December, 1728

Scheuchzer, Johann Jakob, 1672-1733. Remarks on the height of mountains, Desaguliers, J. T. (John Theophilus), 1683-1744. Optical experiments made in the beginning of August 1728, Rutty, William, 1687-1730. Method of making tin-plates, Bradley, James, 1693?-1762. Account of a new discovered motion of the fixed stars, Royal Society (Great Britain) · 1803 · London : Printed for W. Innys, Printer to the Royal Society ... · 3 pictures

Philosophical Transactions for December 1728, a learned periodical published in London by Innys for the Royal Society, collecting papers on mountain heights, optics, tinplate making and stellar motion. The three plates are engraved diagrams of light rays through prisms and lenses, apparatus sketches, and a plain triangle with a dotted altitude line. A designer could take the crisp, schematic line work, labelled letters and clean geometric layouts as a model for technical diagrams.

Altitudes · Optics · Tinplate · Stars

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