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 1779. De systematibus mineraloüicis et sy- 

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 Taiikar om verldens i synnerhet jordens da- 

 nande och öndring, Ib. 1776, latein , Ib ■< 779 

 (deutsch, Erfurt 1782). Hi.sloria litteraria mi- 

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 1780 'entbält 97 Disputl.; — Chemiska rön, 

 angtiende sott guidsaJt och artificielt Salpeter 

 (V'etensk. Acad. Hand! 1749). Forsök <.ni 

 qvioksilfrets ve.setation, utan annan nielall- 

 blandning (Ib. 1704;. ündersokn. om den jt)rd.s 

 beskafTenhel, sorn fas af vatten, vegetabilier, 

 ariinialieroch mineralier ; '» Aufsätze (Ib. 1750). 

 Försök med platiiia del pinto (Ib. 1765). Tret- 

 lio ars observationer vid nkerbruket i Dpland 

 (Ib. 1779). — De Stella reguli Cütimonü (Act. 

 Acad. Nal. Cur. IX, 1752). De cedriae prae- 

 paralione. aqua cedriae aliisque inde obtien- 

 dis productis (Ib. id.). — Svar pa Vet. Acad. 

 Fr;iga, om Svenska äkerjord-arternes egen- 

 skaper och skiijeraärken (Sami. af röa rö- 

 rande Landibruket, II!). — Afhandl. om bvad 

 man i stallet för mandlar kan bruka i mat och 

 har samma smak (Patriot. Sällsk. Journ 1 785) . 

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 HolmicDSia, annotationibus illuslrata, i vol., 

 Holm. 1753. — Medicinisches. 



liVallerlus, s. Valierius. 



^Vallis, J hn. — Nachdem er in Cam- 

 bridge Theo'ogie studirt u. in London ver- 

 schiedene Predigersteilen bekleidet, seil 

 S649 Prof. d. Geometrie an d. üniv. zu 

 Oxford. Dr. Theol. seit 1654 u. Caplan 

 Carl's 11. seit 1660. Mitgl. d. Roy. Society 

 seit ihrer Gründung im J. 16 63 (BD; (KECJ, 

 geb. 1616, Nov. 2.3, Ashford, Kent, 

 gest. 1703, Oct. 28, Oxford. 

 Eienchus geometriae Hobbianae, 8°, Oxon. 

 1655. Ariihmetica infinitorum s. Nova me- 

 Ihüdus irjquirendi in curviiineonim qüadra- 

 turam etc., 4°, Ib. 1655. Malhesis universa- 

 lis. Ib. 1657. Commercium epistol. de quaest. 

 quibusdam mathematici.'J inter J, Walliaiom 

 et alios viros doctrina et nobilitale illustres, 

 4", Ib. 1658. Tract. II, prior de cycloide et 

 corporibus inde genilis; posterior de cissoide 

 et corporibus inde genitis etc., 4°, Ib. 1659. 

 Cono-cunaeus or Shipwrights circular wedge. 

 Ib. 1663. Hobbias Heautontimorumenos, Ib. 

 1663. Archimedis arenarius et dimensio cir- 

 culi et in Eutochii Ascalon. commeut., i'\ Ib. 

 IC66el1676. Dcaesitu lnu!i^, hypothesis nova. 

 Ib. 1668. Hobbianae quadraturae circuli, 

 cubatioiiis sphaerae et duplicationis cubi con- 

 fulatio, fol., Ib. 1669. Mechanica s. De motu, 

 in III pt., 4°, Lond. 1670 — 71. Observation 

 conrerning the swiftness of sound, fol.. Ib. 

 167i. Treatise of algebra, both historical and 

 practica!; of the cono-cuneus, anguiar sec- 

 tions, angles of contact etc., fol., ib. 1673 et 

 1685 (später lateinisch, mit Zusätzen, in sein. 



Opp.). J. Horoccii opera posihuma una cum 

 G. Crabtraei observationibus coelestibus, nee 

 Don J. Flamstedii de temporis aequalione Dia- 

 triba, 4", Ib. 1673. Discourse of Liravüy and 

 gravitalion, 4", Ib. 1675. Ptolemaei Elemcn- 

 torum harmonicdrum libr. III, cum app. de 

 veterum harmonia ad hodiernum comjjaral.i, 

 k", O.xon. 1682. AristarchuB Samius de magni- 

 tudine «olis. Ib. 16S7 — An earthquake near 

 O.xford .l^bil. Tr. 166S). Obs. on the barome- 

 ter 'Ib. id.). An accident by thunder and 

 lightning at Oxford (Ib. id.). Hypothesis on the 

 flux and reflux of the sea fib. id. et 1670,. 

 Animadversions upou Mr. Hobbes' late book : 

 De priucipiis et ratiocinatione geometrarum 

 (Ib. 1666). Inquiry and directiODs concerning 

 tides (Ib. id.). On the variely of the annual 

 tides in severai places of England 'Ib. 1668). 

 Account of the general laws of raction i'Ib. 

 1669). Obs. on the baroscope and thermo- 

 scope Jb. 1670). Essay of leaching a person 

 dumb and deaf to speak etc. lib. id.j. An an- 

 swer to Mr. Kobbes' rosetum seometricum fib. 

 1671). Opinion concerning Ihe hypothesis Phy- 

 sica nova of Dr. Leibnity Ib. id.;. An answer 

 to four papers of .Mr Hobbes lately published 

 (Ib. id.). D° to Mr. Hobbes' book "lux mathe- 

 matica (Ib. 1662). Lclteis concerning the Sus- 

 pension of quicksilver well purged of air, much 

 higher tban the ordinary Standard in the Tor- 

 ricellian experiment (Ib 1672). On a straniic 

 freezing (Ib. 1673). On the veins in ptanls 

 (Ib. id.j. »On the first invention and demon- 

 stration of a right line equal to a curve (Ib. 

 id.) . Letter to Mr. Hevelius gratulatory for bis 

 Organographia , and pariicularly concerning 

 divisions by diagonals etc. (Ib. 1675). On the 

 trembling of coosonant string.<s, a new musi- 

 ca! discovery (Ib. 1677. — Siebe W. Noble.) 

 Of an unusuai meteor (Ib. id.). The antiquily 

 of thelndian numerical characters (Ib. 16.s3 . 

 On an arcbed chimney-piece (Ib. 1684). A 

 discource concerning the air's gravity, ob- 

 served ia the barouieler etc. (Ib. 1685). Ou 

 the coUection of secants, and the true divi- 

 sion of the meridians in the sea-chart ;Ib, id.). 

 On the strength of memury fIb. id.). On a 

 large stone voided by urine (Ib. id.;. On the 

 measure of the air's resistaoce to bodies moved 

 in it Ib. 1687 . On the apparent magnitude 

 of the sun and moon when near the horizon 

 and when higher elevated 'Ib. id.). On the 

 wonderful dorne temple at Delos (Ib. 1693 — 

 93). Concerning thepaiallax of the fixedslars, 

 in reference to the earth's annual orbit ;lb. 

 1693). On the methods of approximation in 

 the extraction of surd roots ,Ib. 169 4—95). 

 On the cycloidal Spaces which are perfectiy 

 qucidrable Ib. 1695!. On the eure of a horse 

 that was staked iato bis slomach Ib. id.). Let- 

 ter conceromg the cycloide being known to 

 Cardinal Cusani, about 1450, and to Charles 

 Bouilli, about 1500 (Ib. 16971. On the pro- 

 duction and effects of hail, thunder aud ligbl- 

 ning Ib. id. et I69S On the division of^tho 

 munorhord or section of the musioal canon 

 (Ib. 1 69S; . Expianation of the rubricks for the 

 scat of easter, according lo the Julian Account 

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