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A44322 Lectures de potentia restitutiva, or, Of spring explaining the power of springing bodies : to which are added some collections viz. a description of Dr. Pappins wind-fountain and force-pump, Mr. Young's observation concerning natural fountains, some other considerations concerning that subject, Captain Sturmy's remarks of a subterraneous cave and cistern, Mr. G.T. observations made on the Pike of Teneriff, 1674, some reflections and conjectures occasioned thereupon, a relation of a late eruption in the Isle of Palma / by Robert Hooke ... Hooke, Robert, 1635-1703.; Papin, Denis, 1647-1714.; Young, James.; Sturmy, Samuel, 1633-1669.; G. T. 1678 (1678) Wing H2619; ESTC R38967 35,527 58

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