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Stephen Hales

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Gender Male
Death262 years ago
Date of birth September 17,1677
Zodiac sign Virgo
Born Bekesbourne
Date of died January 4,1761
DiedTeddington
United Kingdom
Fields Plant physiology
Chemistry
Physiology
Job Inventor
Chemist
Plant Biologist
Education Corpus Christi College
University of Cambridge
Awards Copley Medal
NationalityEnglish
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Vegetable Staticks
Statical essays
Philosophical Experiments: Containing Useful, and Necessary Instructions for Such As Undertake Long Voyages at Sea
A Description of Ventilators: Whereby Great Quantities of Fresh Air May with Ease be Conveyed Into Mines, Goals, Hospitals, . . . By Stephen Hales . . .
An Account of Some Experiments and Observations on Tar-Water: . . . by Stephen Hales, . . . the Second Edition. to Which Is Added, a Letter from Mr. Reid, to Dr. Hales, Concerning the Nature of Tar,
Statical Essays: Containing Vegetable Staticks; Or, an Account of Some Statical Experiments on the SAP in Vegetables. . . . Vol. I. by Steph. Hales, . . . the Second Edition, with Amendments
A Friendly Admonition to the Drinkers of Gin, Brandy, and Other Distilled Spirituous Liquors. with an Humble Representation of the Necessity of Restraining a Vice So Destructive the Fifth Edition,
Vegetable Staticks: or, an account of some statical experiments on the Sap in Vegetables . . . Also, a specimen of an attempt to analyse the Air
Some Considerations on the Causes of Earthquakes. Which Were Read Before the Royal Society, April 5, 1750. by Stephen Hales, . . . the Second Edition, Corrected
A New-Years- Gift to Dram-Drinkers, Being an Earnest Address to Them; From the Late Reverend Stephen Hales . . . to Which Is Prefixed an Epistle to Them, by William Henry,
Statical Essays: Containing Vegetable Staticks; Or, an Account of Some Statical Experiments . . . with an Index to Both Volumes. Vol. II. by Stephen Hales, . . . the Second Edition, Corrected
A Friendly Admonition to the Drinkers of Gin, Brandy, and Other Distilled Spirituous Liquors. . . . by Stephen Hales, . . . the Sixth Edition, with Additions
A Treatise on Ventilators: Wherein an Account is Given of the Happy Effects of the Several Trials that Have Been Made of Them, . . . Part Second. By Stephen Hales, . . .
An Account of a Useful Discovery to Distill Double the Usual Quantity of Sea Water, by Blowing Showers of Air Up Through the Distilling Liquor: And Also to Have the Distilled Water Perfectly Fresh and Good by Means of a Little Chalk : and an Account of the Great Benefit of Ventilators in Many Instances, in Preserving the Health and Lives of People, in Slave and Other Transport Ships : which Were
A Friendly Admonition to the Drinkers of Brandy, and Other Distilled Spirituous Liquors. the Second Edition
An Account of Some Experiments and Observations on Tar-water: Wherein is Shown the Quantity of Tar that is Therein. And Also a Method Proposed, Both to Abate that Quantity Considerably, and to Ascertain the Strength of the Tar-water. Which was Read Before the Royal Society
Vegetable Staticks: Or, an Account of Fome Statical Experiments on the Sap in Vegetables: Being an Essay Towards a Natural Hiftory of Vegetation. Alfo, a Specimen of an Attempt to Analyfe the Air, by a Great Variety of Chymio-statical Experiments; which Were Read at Feveral Meetings Before the Royal Society
Statical Essays: Containing Vegetable Staticks; Or, an Account of Some Statical Experiments on the Sap in Vegetables. Being an Essay Towards a Natural History of Vegetation: . . . Also a Specimen of an Attempt to Analyse the Air . . . Vol. I. By Steph. Hales . . .
An account of a useful discovery to distill double the usual quantity of sea-water, by blowing showers of air up through the distilling liquor [&c. ].
Statical Essays: Containing Hæmastatics ; Or, an Account of Some Hydraulic and Hydrostatical Experiments Made on the Blood and Blood-vessels of Animals. . . . To which is Added, an Appendix . . . With an Index to Both Volumes. Vol. II. By Stephen Hales . . .
An Account of Some Experiments and Observations on Mrs. Stephens's Medicines for Dissolving the Stone: . . . By Stephen Hales, D. D. F. R. S. . . . To which is Added, a Supplement to a Pamphlet, Intitled, A View of the Present Evidence for and Against Mrs. Stephens's Medicines, &c. . . . By David Hartley, M. A. F. R. S.
A Treatise on Ventilators. Wherein an Account Is Given of the Happy Effects of Many Trials That Have Been Made of Them; . . . Part First. by Stephen Hales,
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Stephen Hales was an English clergyman who made major contributions to a range of scientific fields including botany, pneumatic chemistry and physiology. He was the first person to measure blood pressure.

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