HARRIS, JOHN. Lexicon Technicum; or, An Universal English Dictionary of Arts and Sciences . . . Third Edition.<> Volume 1 (of 2). Engraved frontispiece portrait and 7 (of ?) plates. Folio, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked, outer corners of covers restored and bumped; scattered foxing, lightly affecting some plates. London: Dan. Browne et al., 1716
"This was the first technological dictionary in any language. The preface to Vol. I mentions Newton many times as a source, and lengthy excerpts from his works appear under such headings as: comets, fluxions, gravity, heat, moon, motion, telescopes, tides, etc."--Babson supplement, page 55 (this edition). Grolier/Horblit 25a (1704-10 original edition).<
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