Leighton Library has 1648 edition of "A survey of the summe of church-discipline" by Thomas Hooker

Added by Leighton Library at 07:10 on 07 July 2025

The Leighton Library has a 1648 edition of "A survey of the summe of church-discipline. Wherein the way of the churches of New-England is warranted out of the word" by founder of Connecticut, and Puritan leader, Thomas Hooker who died #OnThisDay 7 July 1647. This book, in the context of Congregation...

Leighton Library has 1629 edition of "Utopia" by Sir Thomas More

Added by Leighton Library at 07:56 on 06 July 2025

The Leighton Library has a 1629 edition of "Utopia" (about the political system of an imaginary island state) by noted Renaissance humanist and statesman (who was England's Lord High Chancellor) Sir Thomas More who was executed for treason against King Henry VIII of England #OnThisDay 6 July 1535. O...

Leighton Library has 1733 edition of "Observations upon the prophecies of Daniel, and the Apocalypse of St. John" by Sir Isaac Newton

Added by Leighton Library at 07:18 on 05 July 2025

#OnThisDay 5 July 1687 "Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica" by Sir Isaac Newton (widely recognised as one of the most influential scientists of all time) was published. The Leighton Library has a 1733 edition of his "Observations upon the prophecies of Daniel, and the Apocalypse of St. John...