Sammlung 1

in a series of letters to his guardian, chevalier Gherardo Compagni

composed from the journals and communications of Capitain Henry Wilson, and some of his officers, who, in August 1783, were there shipwrecked, in the antelope, a packet belonging to the honourable East India Company

contre les assertions de ... Buffon, Bailly, De Mairan &c

augmenté d'un abrégé curieux de la physionomie, & d'un préservatif contre la peste, les fièvres malignes, les poisons & l'infection de l'air ...

contenant toutes les connoissances nécessaires pour gouverner les biens de campagne, & les faire valoir utilement; pour soutenir ses droits, conserver sa santé, & rendre gracieuse la vie champêtre ...

containing the narrative of a balloon excursion from Chester, the eighth of September, 1785, taken from minutes made during the voyage: hints on the improvement of balloons and mode of inflation by steam; means to prevent their descent over water; occasional enquiries into the state of the atmosphere, favouring their direction; with various philosophical observations and conjectures, to which is subjoined, mensuration of heights by the barometer, made plain; with extensive tables, the whole serving as an introduction to aerial navigation