Georgii Sinclari ..., Ars nova et magna gravitatis et levitatis. Sive Dialogorum philosophicorum libri sex, de aeris vera ac reali gravitate, &c. Quibus accessere De instrumentis hydragogicis libri duo: De hygroscopio, & chronoscopio, seu Pendulo liber unus, nec no Palladis Gymnasium, quorum omnium perioche uberius exhibetur ante initium libri primi; in fide additis indicibus tum Dialogorum tum rerum ac materiarum necessariis ...

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Author / Creator:Sinclair, George, -1696.
Imprint:Roterodami : Ex officina A. Leers, 1669.
Description:[28], 625. [21] p. illus., 1 fold. pl., 2 fold. diagr. 21 cm.
Language:Latin
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2613016
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Other title:Ars nova magna gravitatis et levitatis.
Dialogorum philosophicorum libri sex.
Notes:Contains an early account of an hygrometer and of the barometer; also a description of the diving bell used by the author in an attempt to raise the ship Florida, a relic of the Armada, wrecked off the Isle of Mull.

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Call Number: QC17.S616 1669
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