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Biographia philosophica : being an account of the lives, writings, and inventions, of the most eminent philosophers and mathematicians who have flourished from the earliest ages of the world to the present time / by Benjamin Martin.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Martin, Benjamin, 1705-1782.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Philosophers--Biography.
- Philosophers.
- Astronomers--Biography.
- Astronomers.
- Mathematicians--Biography.
- Mathematicians.
- Philosophers--Biography--Early works to 1800.
- Mathematicians--Biography--Early works to 1800.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Penn Provenance:
- Hall, John (autograph, 1764)
- Physical Description:
- 4 unnumbered pages, 565 pages, 3 unnumbered pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : portrait ; 21 cm (8vo)
- Place of Publication:
- London : Printed and sold by W. Owen ... and by the author ..., 1764.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Originally issued in monthly installments in The general magazine of arts and sciences, 1755-1763, edited by Benjamin Martin.
- Another issue, dated 1763, has title: Bibliotheca philosophica.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Lacks t.p.
- Athenaeum copy: Harris bequest.
- Athenaeum copy: Damaged by vermin; text affected, p. 97-235.
- Cited in:
- ESTC T25316
- OCLC:
- 2353104
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