The philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London, from their commencement, in 1665, to the year 1800 : abridged, with notes and biographical illustrations / by Charles Hutton, George Shaw, Richard Pearson. Volume 1, 1665-1672.
An abridged 1809-era London edition of the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, covering its first volume from 1665 to 1672, compiled by Hutton, Shaw and Pearson for a scientific readership. Its plates are engraved technical diagrams of instruments, apparatus and geometric figures, with plain line work and captioned figure numbers that a designer could borrow for schematic or scientific graphics.
