Mercury, or, The secret and swift messenger : Shewing, how a man may with privacy and speed communicate his thoughts to a friend at any distance

Authors

John Wilkins

Files

Identifier

Baker Collection No. 650

Publication Date

1694

City

London

Keywords

Deaf, Sign language, Gesture, Cryptography

Comments

Includes information on gesture and sign language. This is the third treatise making up the mathematical works of John Wilkins, of which the first is A Discovery of a New World, and the second is Mathematical Magick.

Running title: The secret and swift messenger.

Inscription on title page; Founder of the Royal Society.

Printed for Richard Baldwin

172 p ; 16 cm.

Recommended Citation

Wilkins, John, "Mercury, or, The secret and swift messenger : Shewing, how a man may with privacy and speed communicate his thoughts to a friend at any distance" (1694). Deaf Rare Books. 172.
https://ida.gallaudet.edu/deaf_rare_books/172