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Essai sur l'histoire naturelle du polype insecte / Traduit de l'anglois par M.P. Demours.
Baker, Henry, 1698-1774Date: 1744
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A catalogue of the genuine, entire and curious collection of prints and drawings, bound and unbound, of the learned and ingenious Martin Folkes, Esq. late president of the Royal Society, deceas'd; which (by order of the executors) will be sold by auction, by Mr. Langford, at his house in the Great Piazza, Covent Garden, on Thursday the 15th of this instant January 1756, and the seven following evenings ... / [Martin Folkes].
Folkes, Martin, 1690-1754.Date: [1756]
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A catalogue of the ... library of Martin Folkes, esq., president of the Royal society ... lately deceased; which will be sold by auction by Samuel Baker ... To begin ... February 2, 1756, and to continue for forty days successively (Sundays excepted) / [Martin Folkes].
Folkes, Martin, 1690-1754Date: 1756]
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Experiments and observations tending to illustrate the nature and properties of electricity. In one letter to Martin Folkes, Esq, President, and two to the Royal Society / by William Watson.
Watson, William, Sir, 1715-1787.Date: 1746
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Sir Isaac Newton. Mezzotint by J. Faber, junior after J. Vanderbank, 1726.
Vanderbank, John, 1694-1739.Reference: 7408i
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Folkes, Martin (1690-1754)
Folkes, Martin, 1690-1754.Date: 1745-1748Reference: MSS.1302, 2391-2392 & 5403
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William Gilbert: his monument. Line engraving by G. Vertue after J. Deane.
Reference: 3574i
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[Martin Folkes correspondence].
Folkes, Martin, 1690-1754Date: 2008-
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[Theophrastou tou Eresiou Peri tōn lithōn biblion]. Theophrastus's History of stones. With an English version, and critical and philosophical notes, including the modern history of the gems, &c, described by that author, and of many other of the native fossils / By John Hill. To which are added, two letters: one to Dr. James Parsons, F.R.S., on the colours of the sapphire and turquoise, and the other, to Martin Folkes ... upon the effects of different menstruums on copper.
Theophrastus.Date: 1746
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Beyträge zu nützlichem und vergnügendem Gebrauch und Verbesserung des Microscopii. In zwey Theilen, enthaltend I. Eine Utersuchung der Salze und salzigten Substanzen ... II. Eine Nachricht von mancherley kleinen Thierlein, die niemals vorher beschrieben worden ... ingleichem eine Beschreibung eines Microscopii compositi, so zu diesen Versuchen gebraucht worden ... / Aus dem Englischen ins Deutsche übersetzt.
Baker, Henry, 1698-1774Date: 1754
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A catalogue of the ... collection of coins, medals, and medallions ... of M. Folkes ... which ... will be sold by auction, by Mr. Langford ... the 27th of Jan. 1756, etc / [Martin Folkes].
Folkes, Martin, 1690-1754Date: [1756]
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Remarks upon the solar and the lunar years, the cycle of 19 years, commonly called the golden number, the epact, and a method of finding the time of Easter, as it is now observed in most parts of Europe / Being part of a letter from the Right Honourable George Earl of Macclesfield to Martin Folkes, President of the Royal Society, and by him communicated to the same, May 10 1750.
Macclesfield, George Parker, Earl of, approximately 1697-1764.Date: 1751
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A catalogue of the ... collection of mathematical instruments, gems, pictures ... etc. of M. Folkes ... which ... will be sold by auction, by Mr. Langford ... the 7th, and ... 8th, of May ... 1755 / [Martin Folkes].
Folkes, Martin, 1690-1754Date: [1755]
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Experiments and observations tending to illustrate the nature and properties of electricity. In one letter to Martin Folkes, Esq, President, and two to the Royal Society / by William Watson.
Watson, William, Sir, 1715-1787.Date: 1745
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An attempt towards a natural history of the polype : in a letter to Martin Folkes / By Henry Baker.
Baker, Henry, 1698-1774.Date: 1743
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Employment for the microscope. In two parts. I. An examination of salts and saline substances ... also ... considerations on gems, poisons ... and ... other subjects. II. An account of various animalcules never before described ... and ... other ... discoveries ... Likewise a description of the microscope used / [Henry Baker].
Baker, Henry, 1698-1774Date: 1764
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Nicholas Saunderson [Sanderson]. Mezzotint by G. White after J. Vanderbank, 1719.
Vanderbank, John, 1694-1739.Reference: 8376i
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An extract of the minutes of the Royal Society, of February 19, 1746.
Royal Society (Great Britain)Date: 1746]