A synopsis of naturall philosophy according to the method of the ancients, but improved & augmented with the notions of later philosophers : manuscript, 1677-1679


Autoria(s): Morton, Charles , 1627-1698
Data(s)

31/12/1969

Resumo

Possibly autograph, dated at end of volume: Finitu[m] mart: 14, 1678/9. Imperfect copy with title page missing; supplied from a MS copy, dated 29 March 1680, now in the Bodleian Library.

Folder (MS Am 1259) contains 34 manuscript leaves removed from the end of bound volume titled: Considerations of ye University Oath as applyed by some, against private reading of philosophy. Possibly autograph, dated at end: Finitum August. 12. 1677.

Also known as Compendium Physicae.

Spine title for bound volume: System of Physicks.

Morton taught at Harvard College from 1686 until his death in 1698. His Compendium Physicae was used as a textbook in natural philosophy at Harvard and Yale.

MS Am 1258-1259. Houghton Library, Harvard University.

Formato

print

1v. and 1 folder.

Identificador

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Idioma(s)

eng

Publicador

Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University

Palavras-Chave #Harvard College (1636-1780)--Students--Books and reading #Physics--Early works to 1800 #Science--Early works to 1800
Tipo

Text

Harvard students' books.