Philosophical essays on the following subjects : I. On the principles of mechanics. II On the ascent of vapours, the formation of clouds, rain and dew, and on several other phaenomena of air and water. III. Observations and conjectures on the nature of the Aurora Borealis, and the tails of comets
A 1766 Dublin edition of Hugh Hamilton's physics papers on mechanics, vapours and the aurora, printed by W. Sleater and later owned by John Adams. The plates here are the printer's letterpress ornaments: foliate headpieces with winged heads, cornucopias and eagles, a fruit basket on a scrolled console, putti flanking a vase, and a decorated initial H usable as borders, rules and drop caps.
