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 2, 1672-1683.
This is an abridged 1809-era London edition of the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, edited by Charles Hutton, George Shaw and Richard Pearson, covering 1672 to 1683 and written for natural philosophers and the learned public. The copperplate pages show geometric diagrams, optical and scientific instruments, and tiny drawn organisms and microscopic structures, set as numbered figures with lettered reference marks. A designer might take the precise linework, the dense grid-like plate layouts, and the scientific diagram conventions for historical or instructional graphics.
