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Custodial History:

From the libraries of Robert Bolling, Jr. and Councillor Robert Carter.

Preferred Citation:

Physica Ioanni Houvard, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Scope and Contents

Treatise, 1703, on physics (copied in Latin). The volume includes pen and ink diagrams and one red crayon portrait of an unidentified man.

Notations in front of book, "Libris, Robert Bolling, junior, 1764" and "This Book MSS was in the library of Robert Carter [Councillor] of Virginia."

William & Mary Physics professor John McKnight shared the following notes: Aristoleian physics; pre-Newton physics; organization of general physics (properties of matter, motion, etc.); standard text of general physics.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Latin language
• Notebooks
• Physics
• Physics--History--18th century
• Physics--Study and teaching