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⚠The text on this page is a mirrored offset or "set-off" (ink transferred from a wet facing page) of the dedication from Robert Hooke's "Posthumous Works" (1705). It has been transcribed here in its intended readable orientation.
TO
Sir ISAAC NEWTON, Knight
PRESIDENT,
And to the
Council and Fellows
OF THE
ROYAL SOCIETY
OF
LONDON,
FOR THE
Advancement of Natural Knowledge.
THESE
POSTHUMOUS WORKS
original: "Posthumous Works" — writings published after the author's death.
OF
Dr. Robert Hooke
Are humbly Dedicated
By Richard Waller, Secretary of the Royal Society.
original: "S. R. Secr." — abbreviation for Secretarius Regalis Societatis (Secretary of the Royal Society).
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