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From:    Dr Frank A.J.L. James <[log in to unmask]>

DC Mick Baldwin (West End Central Police Station, 27 Savile Row, London,
W1; direct line 0171 321 8874) is investigating the theft of several
hundred antiquarian books. While these books cover all subjects there is a
significant proportion of science books. Titles include: Robert Boyle, A
Continuation of New Experiments Physico-Mechanical, Oxford, 1669; Josephus
Blancanus, Sphaera mundi, Modena, 1635; Kenelm Digby, The Closet, London,
1671; Roger Long, Astronomy in Five Books, Cambridge, 1742-84; Daniel
Newhouse, The Art of Sailing by the Logarithms, London, 1701; Isaac
Newton, The Method of Fluxions and Infinite Series, London, 1736; Isaac
Newton, Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica, 2nd edition,
Cambridge, 1713; Isaac Newton, Philosophiae naturalis principia
mathematica, 3rd edition, London, 1726; Christoph Scheiner, Refractiones
coelestes, Ingolstadt, 1617; John Smith, The Sea-Mans Grammar and
Dictionary, London, 1691. All library markings have been effectively
removed and DC Baldwin wishes to ascertain where these books have been
stolen from. If librarians or readers have any information, he would be
grateful if they could get in contact with him. He would also like to know
if any library with an antiquarian collection has a reader registered in
the name of Jacques who is currently helping with enquiries. 

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Dr Frank A.J.L. James,
Reader in History of Science,
Royal Institution Centre for the History of Science and Technology,
Royal Institution of Great Britain,
21 Albemarle Street,
London,
W1X 4BS,
England.

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