Text: William Hooper, Rational recreations: in which the principles of numbers and natural philosophy are clearly and copiously elucidated, by a series of easy, entertaining, interesting experiments (London: 1774)

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Publication

London, England: 1774

Contributor

author: HOOPER, William (fl. 1770s)

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English

Notes

The 1774 edition is the first English edition of what became a standard reference text, with at least four editions between then and 1794 (and subsequent reprints). The 1774 edition comprised four volumes.

Related text

translation of: Edmé-Gilles Guyot, Nouvelles récréations physiques et mathématiques (Paris: 1769)

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Text: William Hooper, Rational recreations: in which the principles of numbers and natural philosophy are clearly and copiously elucidated, by a series of easy, entertaining, interesting experiments (London: 1774)