An Introduction To Natural Philosophy: Or, Philosophical Lectures Read in the University of Oxford Anno Dom. 1700. To which are Added The Demonstrations of Monsieur Huygens Theorems, concerning the Centrifugal Force and Circular Motion. de Keill, John - 1720.

London:: Printed by H. W. for William and John Innys, and John Osborn,, 1720.. First English edition. Scarce.. 8vo.. Modern fine binding antique full calf with gilt rules to spine and black title label. New endpapers. Fully illustrated with woodcut diagrams and small illustrations throughout. With last leaf ads for books printed for John Osborn at the Oxford-arms in Lombard-street. A clean copy that is near fine. John Keil (1671-1721) mathematician, astronomer, natural philosopher and defender of Isaac Newton. ÒJohn Keil played an important role in the dissemination of Newtonian ideas in the first two decades of the eighteenth century. In 1700 in his role as deputy to the Sedleian Professor of Natural Philosophy at Oxford, Keil gave an important and innovative series of lectures, which expounded Newtonian natural philosophy with the aid of practical demonstrations and experiments. These lectures were published as Introductio ad veram physicam in 1702 to wide acclaim. Later in a paper in Philosophical transactions for May-June 1708 Keil gave the first detailed outline of the chemical aspects of Newtons theory of matter, using the idea of short-range attraction between small particles to explain phenomena such as crystalization, dissolution and precipitation. Keils ideas were hugley influential in eighteenth and nineteenth century chemistry.Ó [-Kings College London Newton and His Champions exhibit].