Authority Cited: Colson Elements of Nat. Phil.
Author name and dates: John Colson (1680-1760)
BKG Bio-tweet: Mathematician, cleric; educated at Lichfield and Oxford; trans. Newton’s Latin works, Musschenbroek
Categories (list of works cited – preliminary) [BKG Note: one Colson cite in 1755 Dict. vol. 1. No Colson cites ere identified as added to the 1773 Dict. See also citations of the title below under Muschenbroek [Musschenbroek, Pieter van]. The Sale Catalogue of Samuel Johnson's Library, A Facsimile Edition, Fleeman, ed., lists lot 145 7. Mus'henbrook elementa physicae, &c.]
Author name and dates: John Colson (1680-1760)
BKG Bio-tweet: Mathematician, cleric; educated at Lichfield and Oxford; trans. Newton’s Latin works, Musschenbroek
Categories (list of works cited – preliminary) [BKG Note: one Colson cite in 1755 Dict. vol. 1. No Colson cites ere identified as added to the 1773 Dict. See also citations of the title below under Muschenbroek [Musschenbroek, Pieter van]. The Sale Catalogue of Samuel Johnson's Library, A Facsimile Edition, Fleeman, ed., lists lot 145 7. Mus'henbrook elementa physicae, &c.]
- Elements of Natural Philosophy; The elements of natural philosophy. Chiefly intended for the use of students in universities. By Peter van Musschenbroek, M.D. Professor of Mathematicks and Philosophy in the University of Leyden. Translated from the Latin by John Colson, M. A. and F. R. S. Lucasian Professor of Mathematicks in the University of Cambridge, 1744, London, printed for J. Nourse, at the Lamb without Temple-Bar; accurate (Vol. 2, pp.5-6)
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