The Monthly Review, Or, Literary Journal, Volume 72Ralph Griffiths, G. E. Griffiths R. Griffiths, 1785 - Books A monthly book announcement and review journal. Considered to be the first periodical in England to offer reviews. In each issue the longer reviews are in the front section followed by short reviews of lesser works. It featured the novelist and poet Oliver Goldsmith as an early contributor. Griffiths himself, and likely his wife Isabella Griffiths, contributed review articles to the periodical. Later contributors included Dr. Charles Burney, John Cleland, Theophilus Cibber, James Grainger, Anna Letitia Barbauld, Elizabeth Moody, and Tobias Smollet. |
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Page 49
... called the variation of curvature , though different in different curves , may be generally expreffed by the ratio of the radius of curvature's Aluxion to that of the curve , which ratio therefore is called the index of variation , as ...
... called the variation of curvature , though different in different curves , may be generally expreffed by the ratio of the radius of curvature's Aluxion to that of the curve , which ratio therefore is called the index of variation , as ...
Page 214
... called the fea of brass ; but this veffel itself , in comparifon of the fea , properly fo called , was fo fmall , that when we compare all it could contain , the twenty thousand baths , that is , one hundred and fixty thousand pounds ...
... called the fea of brass ; but this veffel itself , in comparifon of the fea , properly fo called , was fo fmall , that when we compare all it could contain , the twenty thousand baths , that is , one hundred and fixty thousand pounds ...
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... called inventive ) is ufeful in combining phenomena , and illuftrating their refults . It has been remarked that the weight of metallic fubftances is increased in their calcination . This led our Author to ex- amine particularly the ...
... called inventive ) is ufeful in combining phenomena , and illuftrating their refults . It has been remarked that the weight of metallic fubftances is increased in their calcination . This led our Author to ex- amine particularly the ...
Contents
FOTHERGILLs Works in Quarto | 6 |
SMYTHS Tour in the United States | 12 |
Aderne | 41 |
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