Originally published in 1708, this volume is an exact facsimile reproduction the 1802 edition of
The Mathematical and Philosophical Works of the Right Rev. John Wilkins
, and includes an index, added for the 1970 new impression.
The book includes the works of Bishop John Wilkins, as well as a note on the life of the author; Bishop John Wilkins, as Warden of Wadham Colelge, Oxford and Master of Trinity College Cambridge, played a major role in the revitalization of British university education in the middle of the seventeenth century. Moreover, he was a prime mover in the establishment of the Royal Society of London and was its first secretary.