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Statical essays : containing vegetable statics; or, an account of some statical experiments on the sap in vegetables. Being an essay towards a natural history of vegetation: Of Use to those who are curious in the Culture and Improvement of Gardening, &c. Also a specimen of an attempt to analyse the air, by a great Variety of Chymio-Statical Experiments, which were read at several Meetings before the Royal Society. Vol. I. By Stephen Hales, D. D. F. R. S. Rector of Farringdon, Hampshire, and Minister of Teddington, Middlesex.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Hales, Stephen, 1677-1761.
Series:
Eighteenth century collections online. Part 1.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Hemodynamics--Early works to 1800.
Hemodynamics.
Air--Analysis--Early works to 1800.
Air.
Plant physiology--Early works to 1800.
Plant physiology.
Urinary organs--Calculi--Early works to 1800.
Urinary organs.
Urinary organs--Calculi.
Physiology, Comparative--Early works to 1800.
Physiology, Comparative.
Air--Analysis.
Physical Description:
volumes1 (6 unnumbered pages,x pages, 4 unnumbered pages,376 pages),plates ; 8⁰
Edition:
The fourth edition, with amendments.
Place of Publication:
London : printed for Wilson and Nicol, in the Strand; T. Durham, near Charing Cross; G. Keith, in Grace-Church Street; and Robinson and Roberts, No. 25, in Pater-Noster Row, 1769.
System Details:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
text file
Notes:
Vol. 1 of the 'Statical essays' was originally published in 1727 as 'Vegetable staticks: or, an account of some statical experiments on the sap in vegetables'.
Vol. 2 is entitled 'Statical essays: containing hæmastaticks'.
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. s2009 miunns
Reproduction of original from National Library of Medicine.
Cited in:
Henrey, 780
English Short Title Catalog, N23250.
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

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