Hales, Stephen 1677-1761

Vegetable staticks by Stephen Hales ( Book )
53 editions published between 1727 and 2005 in 5 languages and held by 550 libraries worldwide

Statical essays, containing Haemastaticks by Stephen Hales ( Book )
108 editions published between 1731 and 2005 in 4 languages and held by 395 libraries worldwide

Vegetable staticks, or, An account of some statical experiments on the sap in vegetables being an essay towards a natural history of vegetation : also, a specimen of an attempt to analyse the air, by a great variety of chymio-statical experiments : which were read at several meetings before the Royal Society by Stephen Hales ( Book )
7 editions published in 1727 in English and held by 131 libraries worldwide

Some considerations on the causes of earthquakes which were read before the Royal Society, April 5, 1750 by Stephen Hales ( Book )
5 editions published in 1750 in English and held by 111 libraries worldwide

A sermon preached before the Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America and before the associates of the late Rev. Dr. Thomas Bray, for converting the negroes in the British plantations, and for other good purposes; at their anniversary meeting in the parish church of St. Brides, Fleet-street, on Thursday, March 21, 1734 by Stephen Hales ( Book )
5 editions published in 1734 in English and held by 95 libraries worldwide

A treatise on ventilators wherein an account is given of the happy effects of many trials that have been made of them ... in refreshing the noxious air of ships, hospitals and mines ... in preserving the timbers of ships ... in easily sweetening stinking cask water and curing the ill taste of milk ... in new methods of distilling ... in refreshing ... hot green-houses : and in several other useful improvements by Stephen Hales ( Book )
4 editions published in 1758 in English and held by 90 libraries worldwide

A description of ventilators whereby great quantities of fresh air may with ease be conveyed into mines, goals, hospitals, work-houses and ships, in exchange for their noxious air : an account also of their great usefulness in many other respects : as in preserving all sorts of grain dry, sweet, and free from being destroyed by weevels, both in grainaries and ships, and in preserving many other sorts of goods : as also in drying corn, malt, hop, gun-powder, &c., and for many other useful purposes, which was read before the Royal Society in May, 1741 by Stephen Hales ( Book )
4 editions published in 1743 in English and held by 90 libraries worldwide

A friendly admonition to the drinkers of gin, brandy, and other distilled spirituous liquors with an humble representation of the necessity of restraining a vice so destructive of the industry, morals, health, and lives of the people : to which are added, in an appendix, directions ... to such as may be desirous to break off that ... habit of drinking drams by Stephen Hales ( Book )
3 editions published in 1754 in English and held by 88 libraries worldwide

An account of a useful discovery to distill double the usual quantity of sea-water, by blowing showers of air up through the distilling liquor, and also to have the distilled water perfectly fresh and good by means of a little chalk and an account of the great benefit of ventilators in many instances, in preserving the health and lives of people, in slave and other transport ships ... : also an account of the good effect of blowing showers of air up through milk, thereby to cure the ill taste which is occasioned by some kinds of food of cows by Stephen Hales ( Book )
3 editions published in 1756 in English and held by 88 libraries worldwide

Philosophical experiments containing useful and necessary instructions for such as undertake long voyages at sea : which were read before the Royal-Society, at several of their meetings by Stephen Hales ( Book )
2 editions published in 1739 in English and held by 72 libraries worldwide