Statical essays - Hales, Stephen, 1677-1761. (London : Printed for W. Innys and R. Manby ..., T. Woodward ..., and J. Peele ..., 1738)
(from t.p.) v. 1. Containing vegetable staticks, or, An account of s ome statical experiments on the sap in vegetables : being an essay towa rds a natural history of vegetation, of use to those who are curious in the culture and improvement of gardening, &c. : also a specimen of an attempt to analyse the air, by a great variety of chymio-statical exper iments, which were read at several meetings before the Royal Society -- v. 2. Containing haemastatics, or, An account of some hydraulic and hy drostatical experiments made on the blood and blood-vessels of animals : also an account of some experiments on stones in the kidneys and blad der, with an enquiry into the nature of those anomalous concretions : t o which is added an appendix, containing observations and experiments r elating to several subjects in the first volume, the greatest part of w hich were read at several meetings before the Royal Society : with an i ndex to both volumes (2nd ed., 1740).
Keywords: Plant physiology -- Early works to 1800.; Air -- Analysis -- Early works to 1800.; Hemodynamics -- Early works to 1800.; Urinary organs -- Calculi ãAĉx Early works to 1800.