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Johannes Baptista Porta 1540-1615 : Neapolitan oculist and natural philosopher
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Johannes Baptista Porta 1540-1615 : Neapolitan oculist and natural philosopher
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Publication date
1935.
Call number
637883
Creator
Wood, Casey A (1856-1942)
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Provenance
On long-term loan from the Los Angeles County Medical Association, 1992.
Dimensions
28 cm
Associated organization
Los Angeles County Medical Association,
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Natural magick: : by John Baptista Porta, a Neapolitane: in twenty books: 1 Of the causes of wonderful things. 2 Of the generation of animals. 3 Of the production of new plants. 4 Of increasing houshold-stuff. 5 Of changing metals. 6 Of counterfeiting gold. 7 Of the wonders of the load-stone. 8 Of strange cures. 9 Of beautifying women. 10 Of distillation. 11 Of perfuming. 12 Of artificial fires. 13 Of tempering steel. 14 Of cookery. 15 Of fishing, fowling, hunting, &c. 16 Of invisible writing. 17 Of strange glasses. 18 Of statick experiments. 19 Of pneumatick experiments. 20 Of the Chaos. Wherein are set forth all the riches and delights of the natural sciences
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