WAKE. an Article of Faith out of French. Written by a Member of the Church of Rome, and published by the Archbishop. 4to. 1687 The Present State of the Controversies between the Churches of England and Rome: or, an Account of Books on both sides. Lond. 4to. 1687. A Continuation of the same. Anon. Lond. 1688 Preparation for Death; being a Letter to a Young Gentlewoman in France, by W. W. Lond. 8vo. 1687. 4th edition. 1688 A Discourse concerning the Nature of Idolatry, in which a late Author's True and only Section of Idolatry is considered and confuted. Written against Samuel Parker, Bishop of Oxford's Reasons for abrogating the Test. Anon. 4to. 1688 Speech on the Tryal of Dr. Sacheverell. 1688 Sure and Honest Means for the Conversion of all Heretics; translated from the French, with a Preface. Lond. 4to. 1688 The Genuine Epistles of the Apostolical Fathers, (St. Barnabas, St. Ignatius, St. Clement, St. Polycarp, and St. Hermas); into English, with a Preliminary Discourse. Lond. 8vo, 1693. Edin. 1708, with improvements. Lond. 8vo. 1710, 1719. 4th edition. 1737 Practical Discourse concerning Swearing. 1696 The Authority of Christian Princes over their Ecclesiastical Synods asserted, &c. 8vo. 1697 The Principles of the Christian Religion explained; being a Commentary on the Church Catechism. Lond. 8vo. 1697, 1700 An Appeal to all the True Members of the Church of England, in behalf of the King's Ecclesiastical Supremacy, as by law established; by our Convocations approved; and by our most eminent Bishops and Clergymen stated and defended, against both the Popish and Fanatical Opposers of it. Lond. 8vo. 1698. Against the Municipium. The Church of Rome no Guide in Matters of Faith. Anon. Lond. 8vo. 1700 Vindication of the Authority of Christian Princes over Ecclesiastical Synods. Anon. With Letters between Dr. Wake and Mr. Hill, of Kilmington, relating to that Controversy. 8vo. 1701 The State of the Church and Clergy of England in their Councils, Synods, Convocations, Conventions, and other public Assemblies, historically deduced, from the conversion of the Saxons to the present time. Lond. fol. 1703 Sermons: On 1 Tim. v. 22. Lond. 4to. 1690 -On 1 John iv. 21. Lond. 4to. 1690-Ten, and two Discourses on several occasions. Vol. i. 1690. 2nd edition. 8vo. 1716-Eight, and a Practical Discourse on Swearing. Vol. ii. 8vo. 1702Fourteen, preached upon several occasions. Vol. iii. 8vo. 1722-On Heb. iv. 1. Lond. 4to. 1691On Ps. cxliv. 9, 10, 11. Lond. 4to. 1691Charge at Lincoln, May 20th, 1706, with an Appendix. Lond. 4to. 1707-On Matt. xii. 25. Lond. 8vo. 1715. WAKEFIELD, GILB., A.B.; Fel. Jesus' Col. Camb. Distinguished Classical Scholar. Born 1756; died 1801. Collection of Latin Poems, with a few Notes on Horace. 1776 WAKEFIELD. A Plain and Short Account of the Nature of Baptism, according to the New Testament; with a Cursory Remark on Confirmation and the Lord's Supper. Lond. 12mo. 1781 An Essay on Inspiration. A New Translation of the first Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Thessalonians. Translation of St. Matthew, with Notes, Critical, Philological, and Explanatory. 4to. 1782 An Inquiry into the Opinions of the Christian Writers of the first three centuries concerning the Person of Jesus Christ. Lond. Vol. i. 8vo. 1784 The Poems of Gray, with Notes. 8vo. 1786 P. Virgilii Maronis Georgicon, Lib. iv. illustrabat, explicabat, emendabat, &c. 8vo. 1789 A New Translation of those parts only of the New Testament which are wrongly translated in our Common Version. Lond. 8vo. 1789 Remarks on the Internal Evidence of the Christian Religion. Lond. 8vo. 1789 Silva Critica; sive in Auctores Sacros profanosq. Commentarius Philologicus, pars prima. Cantab. 8vo. 1789. Pars Secunda. Cantab. 8vo. 1790. Being an Union of Theological and Classical Learning, illustrating the Scriptures, by light borrowed from the Philology of Greece and Rome. An Address to the Inhabitants of Nottingham, occasioned by a Letter lately sent to the Mayor, and some other Members of the Corporation of that town; with an Appendix on the subject of the Test Laws. Camb. 8vo. 1790 An Address to the Right Rev. Dr. Sam. Horsley, Bishop of St. David's, on the subject of an Apology for the Liturgy and Clergy of the Church of England. Lond. 8vo. 1790 Cursory Reflections on the Repeal of the Corporation and Test Acts, occasioned by the present Meetings in opposition to the Claims of the Dissenters. Lond. 8vo. 1790 An Inquiry into the Expediency and Propriety of Public and Social Worship. Lond. 8vo. 1791 Translation of the New Testament, with Notes. Lond. 3 vols. 8vo. 1791. 2nd edition, with improvements. Lond. 2 vols. 8vo. 1795 Notes on Pope, with a new edition of the Iliad and Odyssey. Memoirs of his Life, written by himself. Lond. 8vo. 1792. With Notes by the Editor, and an Appendix, containing Original Letters, and other Pieces. Lond. vols. 8vo. 1804 The Spirit of Christianity compared with the Spirit of the Times in Great Britain. A new edition. Lond. 8vo. 1794 An Examination of the Age of Reason: or, an Investigation of True and Fabulous Theology. 8vo. 1794 Remarks on the General Orders of the Duke of York. Lond. 8vo. 1794 Reply to some parts of the Bishop of Llandaff's Address. Tragoediarum Delectus: Hercules Furens, Alcestis, Euripideæ Trachiniæ Sophoclea, &c. ; in Scholarum usum ; edidit et illustravit G. W. Poetical Translations from the Ancients. 1795 A Letter to Jacob Bryant, Esq. concerning his Dissertations on the War of Troy. 4to. 1797 A Letter to Sir John Scott, his Majesty's At WAKEFIELD. torney-General, on the subject of a late Trial at Guildhall. Lond. 8vo. 1798 T. Lucretii Cari de Rerum Natura, Libros sex, ad exemplarium MSS. fidem recensitos, longe emendatiores reddidit, commentariis perpetuis illustravit, indicibus instruxit, et cum animadversionibus Ricardi Bentleii, non ante vulgatis, aliorum subinde miscuit, &c. 3 vols. 4to. 1799. Glasgow. 4 vols. 8vo. 1813 Collection of Letters; consisting of a Correspondence between him and the celebrated Statesman, the Hon. Charles Fox, relating chiefly to Greek Literature. WALLIS. WALLIS, DR. JN., F. R. S.; Fel. Queen's Col. Camb.; Sav. Prof. Geom.; Keeper of Archives, Oxon. An eminent Mathematician, and one of the first Members of the Royal Society. Born 1616; died 1703. Truth Tried: or, Animadversions on Lord Bacon's Treatise on the Nature of Truth. 1643 Grammatica Linguæ Anglicanæ, cum Tractatu de Loquela, seu Sonorum Formatione. Oxon. 8vo. 1653. Et auctior. Oxon. 8vo. 1674, 1675. Accessit Epistola ad Thomam Beverley, de mutis surdisque informandis. Lond. 8vo. 1765 Elenchus Geometriæ Hobbianæ. In confutation of Hobbes. Oxon. 8vo. 1655 Deo Correction for Mr. Hobbes: or, School WALL, JN., D. D.; Can. Ch. Ch. Oxon.; Discipline for not saying his Lessons right. 1656 Preb. Sarum. Sermons: On 2 Sam. xii. 23. Lond. 8vo. 1623-On 1 Pet. v. 6. Oxon. 8vo. 1626-On Acts xviii. 28. Oxon. 8vo. 1625-On Matt. xxi. 9. Oxon. 8vo. 1627-Six. Lond. 4to 1627-On Rev. vii. 10. Oxon. 8vo. 1628-Ramus Olivæ, s. Concio in Luc. xxiv. 36. Oxon. 8vo. 1653Christian Reconcilement, (Rom. v. 11). Oxon. 8vo. 1658, 1660-Concio in Cant. iii. 9, 10. Oxon. 8vo. 1660-A divine Theatre: or, a Stage for Christians, (Luke iii. 6). Oxon. 8vo. 1662. WALL, JN., M. D.; Schol. Worces.; Fel. Mert. Col. Oxon. A learned Medical Writer. Born 1708; died 1776. Hobbiani Puncti Dispunctio; in answer to Mr. Hobbes's Σriypai. Oxon. 1657 Commercium Epistolicum de Quæst. quibusdam Mathematicis inter J. Wallisium et alios viros doctrina et nobilitate illustres. 4to. 1658 Tract. ii.; prior de Cycloide et Corporibus inde genitis; posterior de Cissoide et Corporibus inde genitis, et de curvarum tum linearum εveμvost, tum superficierum #λarvoμý. 1659 Hobbius Heautontimorumenos; against his Dialogues. Oxon. 8vo. 1662 Cono-cunæus : or Shipwright's Circular Wedge. 1663 Archimedis Arenarius et Dimensio Circuli. Gr. Lat. ; et in Eutochii Ascalon. Comm. in eundem. Oxon. 8vo. 1666, 1676 De Estu Maris, hypothesis nova. 1668 Hobbianæ quadraturæ Circuli, cubationis Medical Tracts, collected and republished by Sphæræ et duplicationis Cubi, Confutatio. 1669 Dr. Martin Wall. Oxon. 8vo. 1780-On Musk -On the Angina Pectoris.—On the Epidemic Fever in 1740-1. Of the Effects of Musk in Convulsive Disorders. Phil. Trans. 1744. Abr. ix. p. 89—On the Use of Bark in the Small Pox. Id. p. 369—An Essay on the Waters of the Holy Well at MalWorcestershire. Id. 1755. Abr. x. p. 673 vern, -On the Good Effects of Malvern Waters, in Worcestershire. Id. 1757. xi. p. 68-Observations on the History of the Norfolk Boy. Id. 1758. p. 307. Letter to Dr. Heberden on the Angina Pectoris. Med. Trans. iii. p. 12. 1785. Mechanica, s. de Motu, in 3 partib. 1670-1 Observations concerning the swiftness of Sound. Treatise of Algebra, both Historical and Practical; of the Cono-Cuneus, Angular Sections, and Aliquot Parts. Lond. fol. Angles of Contact, Combinations, Alternations, 1673, 1685 Horoccii Opera posthuma. 1673. To this is subjoined Flamsteed's Discourse of the Equation of Time. Discourse of Gravity and Gravitation. 1675 losophical Transactions, particularly those of A Defence of the Royal Society, and the PhiJuly, 1670, in answer to the Cavils of Dr. William Holder. 4to. 1678 WALLIS. Defence of the Christian Sabbath; in answer to Mr. Bampfield. Oxon. 4to. 1692 A Treatise concerning St. Matthias's Day; in a Letter to Dr. J. Fell. Oxon. 8vo. 1719 Preface to a Collection of Decyphered Letters, published by John Davys. Lond. 1737 Opera Mathematica: in two parts. A work of very considerable merit. Oxon. fol. 1687. A 2nd vol. Oxon. fol. 1693, 1695. Vol. iii. fol. 1699 Sermons, now first printed from his original Manuscripts; to which are prefixed, Memoirs of the Author, with some original Anecdotes, and a recommendatory Introduction, by the Rev. C. E. de Coetlogan. Lond. 8vo. 1791 Account of an Earthquake at Oxford in 1665. Phil. Trans. 1666. Abr. i. p. 59-Observations on the Barometer. Id. p. 60-Relation of an Accident by Thunder and Lightning at Oxford. Id. p. 74-On the Flux and Reflux of the Sea. Id. pp. 81, 112, 238, and 520-Animadversions upon Mr. Hobbes' late Book, De Principiis et Ratiocinatione Geometrarum. Id. p. 107-Inquiries and Directions concerning Tides. Id. p. 112-On the variety of the Annual Tides in several Places of England. Id. 1668. p. 238Some Animadversions written in a Letter by Dr. J. W. on a printed Paper, intitled, Responsio Francisci du Laurens ad Epistolam D. Wallisii ad Cl. V. Oldenburgium scriptam. Id. p. 270The General Laws of Motion. Id. 1669. p. 307 -Observations on the Baroscope and Thermoscope. Id. 1670. p. 416-An Account of a small Tract, intitled, Thomæ Hobbes Quadratura Circuli, Cubatio Sphæræ, Duplicatio Cubi (secundo edita) denuo refutata. Id. p. 417-Account of an Attempt to teach a Person Deaf and Dumb to speak and to understand a Language, with the success thereof. Id. p. 464-An Answer to Mr. Hobbes' Rosetum Geometricum. Id. 1671. p. 611-Opinion concerning the Hypothesis Physica Nova of Dr. Leibnitz. Id. p. 618-Answer to a Book, intitled, Lux Mathematica. Id. 1672. ii. p. 11-Nonnulla de centro Gravitatis Hyperbolæ, prægressæ Epistolæ subnexa. Id. p. 12-Concerning the suspension of Quicksilver well purged of Air made higher than the ordinary Standard in the Torricellian Experiment. Id. p. 44-On a Strong Freezing. Id. 1673. p. 56-On the Veins in Plants. Id. p. 74-On the first Invention and Demonstration of a Right Line equal to a Curve. Id. p. 112-Letter to Hevelius, congratulatory for his Organographia. Id. 1675. p. 189-On the trembling of Consonant Strings, a new Musical Discovery. Id. 1677. p. 380-Of an unusual Meteor. Id. p. 389-Antiquity of the Indian Numerical Characters. Id. 1683. p. 677-Concerning two very large Stone Chimney Pieces, with a peculiar sort of Arch-work thereon. Id. 1684. iii. p. 98-Discourse on the Air's Gravity, and its influence on the Weather. Id. 1685. p. 162 -On the Collection of Serants, and the true division of the Meridian in the Sea Chart. Id. p. 224-On the Strength of Memory. Id. p. 248-On a large Stone voided by Urine. Id. p. 249-Measure of the Air's Resistance to Bodies moved in it. Id. p. 350-On the wonderful Dome Temple at Delos. Id. 1692. p. 479-Concerning the Parallax of the Fixed Stars in reference to the Earth's annual Orbit. Id. 1693. p. 362-On the WALTON. Methods of Approximation in the extraction of Surd Roots. Id. 1695. iv. p. 1—On the Cycloidal Spaces which are perfectly quadrable. Id. p. 39 -Account of an extraordinary Cure of a Horse which was staked into the Stomach. Id. 1695. p. 65-Two Cases where Knives were swallowed, the one cut out of the Stomach, the other making an opening for itself, both recovered. Id. p. 86 -On the Production and Effects of Hail, Thunder, and Lightning. Id. pp. 196, 212, and 226 -On the division of the Monochord or Section of the Musical Canon. Id. 1698. p. 240-Explanation of the Rubrics for the day of Easter, according to the Julian Account. Id. p. 273On the Imperfections of an Organ. Id. p. 287-On the strange Effects of Music in former times. Id. p. 305-Method of Instructing the Deaf and Dumb to speak, &c. Id. 1698. p. 312-Extract of a Letter to Dr. Sloane, S. R. S., giving an Account of some late Passages between him and M. Leibnitz of Hanover. Id. p. 413-Answer to M. Leibnitz's Letter. Id. p. 414-On some supposed alteration of the Meridian Line, which may affect the Declination of the Magnetical Needle and the Pole's Elevation. Id. p. 414-On the Julian Account not to be changed for the Gregorian. Id. p. 434-On the Use of Numerical Figures in England in the year 1090. Id. 1700. p. 521On Men's Feeding on Flesh. Id. p. 550-Dr. W.'s Reply to Dr. Tyson's Answer to his Paper of Men's Feeding on Flesh. Id. p. 556-On a supposed Isthmus or Neck of Land between England and France. Id. p. 618-On the same; and on some strange Bones. Id. p. 637-Of the Invention and Improvement of the Mariner's Compass. Id. p. 639-Concerning Captain Halley's Map of Magnetic Variations; and other things relating to the Magnet. Id. 1702. p. 655. Sermons Mens sobria serio commendata, Concio, (Tit. ii. 6). Oxon. 8vo. 1657-The Resurrection asserted, (1 Cor. xv. 20). Lond. 4to. 1679-Necessity of Regeneration; Two, (John iii. 3). Lond. 4to. 1682-The Life of Faith; Two, (Heb. x. 38). Lond. 4to. 1684-Doctrine of the Blessed Trinity briefly explained in three Sermons, with the Answer to it. 2 vols. 4to. 1690. WALSH, NICH., Вp. Ossory. Assisted in the translation of the New Testament into the Irish Tongue. WALTON, Dr. Bryan, D. D.; Schol. St. Peter's; Preb. St. Paul's; Bp. Chester; Editor of the celebrated Polyglot Bible. Born 1600; died 1661. Treatise concerning the payment of Tithes in London; in Brewster's Collectanea Ecclesiastica. Abstract of Dr. W.'s Treatise on the Payment of Tithes and Oblations in London, shewing the Antiquity of these Payments according to the Rents of Houses, &c. Lond. 4to. 1641, 1662. Dr. W.'s entire Treatise (in MS.) is in Lambeth Library. Introductio ad Lectionem Linguarum Orientalium. Anon. Lond. 8vo. 1655 Biblia Sacra Polyglotta, complectentia Textus originales Heb. cum Pentateucho Samaritano, Chal. Græc. itemque Versiones antiquas, sc. WALTON. Samaritan. Græc. LXX. interpret. Chal. Syriac. Arab. Æthiop. Persic. Vulg. Lat. cum Textum et Versionum Oriental. translat. Lat. cumque Apparatu, Appendicibus, &c. edita studio et cura B. Waltoni, Lond. 6 vols. fol. 1657. Lexicon to the Polyglot. Considerator considered: or a Confutation of Dr. Owen's Book against the Polyglot Bible. WARBURTON. Pamphlet, intitled, An Examination of Mr. W.'s second Proposition. 8vo. 1744 Remarks on several occasional Reflections, in Answer to the Rev. Doctors Stebbing and Sykes; serving to explain and justify the two Dissertations in the Divine Legation concerning the Command to Abraham to offer up his Son, and the Nature of the Jewish Theocracy, objected to by those learned Writers. Part ii. and last. 1745 An Apologetical Dedication to the Rev. Dr. Henry Stebbing, in Answer to his Censure and WARBURTON, WM., Preb. Durham; Bp. Misrepresentations of the Sermon preached on Gloucester. Born 1698; died 1779. The Dedication of the Biblia Polyglotta to King Charles the Second. Reprinted. fol. Miscellaneous Translations in Prose and Verse, from Roman Poets, Orators, and Historians. A Critical and Philosophical Inquiry into the Causes of Prodigies and Miracles, as related by Historians. 12mo. 1727 The Legal Judicature in Chancery Stated. An Apology for Sir Robert Sutton. Anon. Plan of a new edition of Velleius Paterculus, printed in the Bibliotheque Britannique. A la Haye. 1736 The Alliance between Church and State or the Necessity and Equity of an Established Religion and a Test Law, demonstrated from the essence and end of Civil Society, upon the fundamental principles of the Law of Nature and Nations. 2nd edition. 1741. 3rd edition, corrected and enlarged. 1748. 4th edition, corrected and enlarged. 8vo. 1766 The Divine Legation of Moses demonstrated, on the Principles of a Religious Deist, from the omissions of the Doctrine of a Future State of Rewards and Punishments in the Jewish Dispensation; in Six Books, 8vo. 1737, 1738. 2nd edition. 1738, 1741. 4th edition, corrected and enlarged, in Nine Books. Lond. 4 vols. 8vo. 1755. The 2nd part republished 1758. Republished in 1765, as volumes iii. iv. and v. A Vindication of the Author of the Divine Legation of Moses, from the Aspersions of the Country Clergyman's Letter in the Weekly Miscellany of February 14th, 1737, 1738. 8vo. A Vindication of Mr. Pope's Essay on Man, by the Author of Divine Legation. 1740 A Critical and Philosophical Commentary on Mr. Pope's Essay on Man; in which is contained a Vindication of the said Essay from the misrepresentations of Mr. De Resnel, the French Translator, and Mr. De Crousaz, Professor of Philosophy and Mathematics in the Academy of Lausanne, the Commentator. Lond. 8vo. 1742 en Essai sur les Hieroglyphes des Egyptiens, où l'on voit l'Origine et les Progrés du Langage et de l'Ecriture, l'Antiquité des Sciences Egypte, et l'Origine du Culte des Animaux, par Warburton, traduit de l'Anglais par Leonard de Malpeine. Par. 2 vols. 12mo. 1744. This is a Translation of the Bishop's "Divine Legation of Moses demonstrated." Book iv. Sections ii. vi. Remarks on several occasional Reflections, in Answer to the Rev. Dr. Middleton, Dr. Pourke, the Master of the Charter-House, Dr. Richard Grey, and others; serving to explain and justify divers Passages in the Divine Legation, as far as it is yet advanced; wherein is considered the relation the several parts bear to each other and the whole; together with an Appendix, in answer to a late 1746 the general Fast Day, Dec. 18th, 1745. A Preface to Mrs. Cockburn's Remarks upon the Principles and Reasonings of Dr. Rutherford's Essay on the Nature and Obligations of Virtue, &c. 8vo. A Letter to the Editor of Letters on the Spirit of Patriotism, the Idea of a Patriot King, and the State of Parties occasioned by the Editor's Advertisement. Anon. Against Lord Bolingbroke's Attack on the Moral Character of Pope. Juliana: or a Discourse concerning the Earthquake and Fiery Eruption which defeated the Emperor's Attempt to re-build the Temple at Jerusalem. Lond. 8vo. 1750. Wrote on Dr. Middleton on the Miraculous Powers. 2nd edition with Additions. 1751 Pope's Work's with Notes. 9 vols. 8vo. 1751 An Answer to a Letter to Dr. Middleton, inserted in a Pamphlet, intitled, The Argument of the Divine Legation fairly stated, &c. 1751 An Account of the Prophecies of Arise Evans, the Welsh Prophet in the last century. 1751 A View of Lord Bolingbroke's Philosophy, in two Letters to a Friend. 1754. The same, 2nd. edition, with Letters 3rd and 4th. 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To which was added, a Short Account of the Nature, Rise, and Progress of the general Infirmary at Bath. 8vo. 1742-A Faithful Portrait of Popery; by which it is seen to be the reverse of Christianity, as it is the destruction of Morality, Piety, and Civil Liberty. 8vo. 1745-On 1 Pet. ii. 17. 8vo. 1745-Occasioned by the present unnatural Re WARBURTON. bellion, &c. 8vo. 1745-The Nature of National Offences truly stated; preached on the General Fast-Day, Dec. 18th, 1745, (Joel ii. 20). 8vo. 1746-On the Thanksgiving appointed to be observed the 8th October, for the Suppression of the late unnatural Rebellion, (2 Cor. xiii. 17). 8vo. 1746-The Principles of Natural and Revealed Religion, occasionally opened and explained; being a course of Sermons preached at Lincoln's Inn. Lond. 2 vols. 8vo. 1753, 1754. Vol iii. being Sermons on various Subjects and Occasions. 8vo. 1767. At the end is an Appendix, containing Four Sermons, three of which were published before.-On Ps. xci. 1-3. 4to. 1755 Natural and Civil Events the Instruments of God's Moral Government. 4to. 1756Preached before the Incorporated Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, (Prov. x. 11). 8vo. 1766-On 1 Cor. xiii. 13. 4to. 1767-Another. 8vo. 1776-Before his Royal Highness, Edward Duke of York, President, and the Governors of the London Hospital. 4to. 1767. WARD, SETH, D. D.; F. R. S.; Fel. Sid. Col. Camb.; Pres. Trin. Col. Oxon.; Sav. Prof. Astron.; Precen., Dn., & Bp. Exeter; Bp. Sarum. Famous chiefly for his Skill in Mathematics and Astronomy. Born 1617; died 1689. A Philosophical Essay towards an Eviction of the Being and Attributes of God, the Immortality of the Souls of Men, and the Truth and Authority of Scripture. Oxon. 8vo. 1652, 1655 De Cometis, ubi de Cometarum Natura disseritur, Nova Cometarum Theoria et Novissimæ Cometa Historia proponitur. Prælectio Oxonii habita, et Inquisitio in Ismaelais Bullialdi Astronomiæ Philolaicæ fundamenta. Oxon. 4to. 1653 Idea Trigonometria demonstratæ in usum Juventutis Oxoniensis. Oxon. 4to. 1654 Vindicia Academiarum : containing some brief Animadversions upon Mr. John Webster's Book, styled the Examen of Academies. 4to. 1654 In Thomæ Hobbii Philosophiam Exercitatio Epistolica. Ad ampliss. eruditissimumque virum D. Johannem Wilkinsium S. T. D. Collegii Wadhamensis Gardianum. Cui subjungitur Appendicula ad Calumnias ab eodem Hobbio, (in sex documentis nuperrime editis,) in Auctorem congestas, Responsio. Oxon. 8vo. 1656 WARING. Astronomia Geometrica, ubi Methodus proponitur, qui primariarum Planetarum Astronomia, sive Elliptica, sive circularis possit geometrice absolvi. Lond. 8vo. 1656 Sermons Against Resistance of Lawful Powers, preached November the 5th, 1661, (Rom. xiii. 2). Against the Anti-scripturists, (2 Tim. iii. 16). Before the House of Peers, at Westminster, (Eccles. ix. 9). Lond. 4to. 1666-On the Sinfulness, Danger, and Remedies of Infidelity, (Heb. iii. 12). Lond. 8vo. 1670-The Christian's Victory over Death; preached at the Funeral of George, Duke of Albemarle, in the Collegiate Church of Westminster, 30th April, 1670, (1 Cor. xv. 57). Lond. 4to. 1670-Concerning the Strangeness, Frequency and Desperate Consequence of Impenitency, preached soon after the Plague, (Rev. ix. 20).-Against Ingratitude, (Deut. xxxii. 6).-Six Sermons, Lond. 8vo. 1672, 1674-An Apology for the Mysteries of the Gospel, (Rom. i. 16). 4to. 1673-The Case of Joram, preached before the House of Peers, (2 Kings vi. 33). Lond. 4to. 1674. WARING, EDw., M. D.; F. R. S.; Luc. Prof. Mathem. Camb. Born 1734; died 1798. 1770 Meditationes Algebraicæ. Camb. 4to. Miscellanea Analytica de Æquationibus Algebraicis et Curvarum Proprietatibus. 4to. 1762 A Vindication of the Miscellanea Analytica, in answer to a late Pamphlet, intitled, Observations, &c. Camb. 1760 Proprietates Algebraicarum Curvarum. 1772 Meditationes Analyticæ. Camb. 4to. 1776 Algebraical and Geometrical Problems. Phil. Trans. Abr. 1763. xii. p. 19-Some New Properties in Conic Sections. Id. 1764. p. 124Two Theorems. Id. 1765. p. 222-Problems concerning Interpolations. Id. 1779. xiv. p. 483 -On the General Resolution of Algebraic Equations. Id. p. 487-On the Summation of Series, whose general Term is a determinate Function of Z, the Distance from the first Term of the Series. Id. 1784. xv. p. 586-On Infinite Series. Id. 1786. xvi. p. 61-On finding the Values of Algebraical Quantities by converging Series, and demonstrating and extending Propositions given by Pappus and others. Id. 1787. p. 191-On Centripetal Forces. Id. 1788. p. 384-Some Properties of the Sum of the Divisors of Numbers. İd. p. 497-On the Method of Correspondent Valves, &c. Id. 1789. p. 563-On the Resolution of Attractive Powers. Id. p. 572-On Infinite Series. Id. 1791. xviii. p. 43. |