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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