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Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London

Royal Society (Great Britain), Maty, Paul Henry, 1745-1787. General index to the Philosophical transactions, Stuart, Alexander, 1673-1742. Three lectures on muscular motion, United States. Patent Office. Scientific Library, former owner. DSI · 1666 · London : Royal Society of London · 5 pictures

This is a scientific journal of the Royal Society of London, published in London from 1666 and held by the Smithsonian Libraries, aimed at natural philosophers and engineers. Its pictures are precise black-and-white copperplate engravings of mechanical parts, geometric diagrams and linkages drawn in fine hatched lines, useful to a designer for technical line work, schematic layouts and diagrammatic plates.

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