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1692, John Ray, Miscellaneous Discourses Concerning the Dissolution and Changes of the World. […], London: […] Samuel Smith, […], →OCLC:
- The following documentation is located at Template:RQ:Ray World/documentation. [edit]
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Usage
[edit]This template may be used on Wiktionary entry pages to quote John Ray's work Miscellaneous Discourses Concerning the Dissolution and Changes of the World (1st edition, 1692; 3rd edition, 1713). It can be used to create a link to online versions of the work at Google Books:
- 1st edition (1692; archived at the Internet Archive).
- 3rd edition (1713; archived at the Internet Archive) – entitled Three Physico-theological Discourses.
Parameters
[edit]The template takes the following parameters:
|edition=– mandatory in some cases: if quoting from the 3rd edition (1713), specify|edition=3rd.|1=or|chapter=– the name of the chapter quoted from. If quoting from one of the chapters indicated in the second column of the following table, give the parameter the value indicated in the first column:
| Parameter value | Result |
|---|---|
| 1st edition (1692) | |
| Epistle Dedicatory | To the Most Reverend Father in God, John Lord Arch-bishop of Canterbury, Primate of All England, and Metropolitan |
| Introduction | The Introduction |
| Preface | The Preface |
| 3rd edition (1713) | |
| Dedication | To the Most Reverend Father in God, John Lord Arch-bishop of Canterbury, Primate of All England, and Metropolitan |
| Preface | The Preface, Shewing what Alterations Were Made in the Second Edition |
- As the above chapters in the 1st edition are unpaginated, use
|2=or|page=to specify the "page number" assigned by Google Books to the URL of the webpage to be linked to. For example, if the URL ishttps://books.google.com/books?id=cx8L7AoDwxUC&pg=PP9, specify|page=9.
|section=– a section number quoted from in uppercase Roman numerals, followed by the name of the section in parentheses (see the example below).|2=or|page=, or|pages=– mandatory in some cases: the page number(s) quoted from. When quoting a range of pages, note the following:- Separate the first and last pages of the range with an en dash, like this:
|pages=10–11. - You must also use
|pageref=to specify the page number that the template should link to (usually the page on which the Wiktionary entry appears).
- Separate the first and last pages of the range with an en dash, like this:
- This parameter must be specified to have the template determine the discourse (I–III) in the 3rd edition quoted from, and to link to an online version of the work.
|3=,|text=, or|passage=– the passage to be quoted.|footer=– a comment on the passage quoted.|brackets=– use|brackets=onto surround a quotation with brackets. This indicates that the quotation either contains a mere mention of a term (for example, "some people find the word manoeuvre hard to spell") rather than an actual use of it (for example, "we need to manoeuvre carefully to avoid causing upset"), or does not provide an actual instance of a term but provides information about related terms.
Examples
[edit]- 1st edition (1692)
- Wikitext:
{{RQ:Ray World|chapter=The First Question Concerning the World's Dissolution, Whether there be Any Thing in Nature that may Probably Cause or Argue a Future Dissolution? Three Probable Means Propounded and Discussed.|section=I (The Waters Again Naturally Overflowing and Covering the Earth)|page=43|passage=And vvhat account can vve give of their holding out for ſome Generations againſt the inconveniencies of the Air, or '''deteriority''' of Diet, but the ſtrength and firmneſs of their Conſtitutions?}}; or{{RQ:Ray World|The First Question Concerning the World's Dissolution, Whether there be Any Thing in Nature that may Probably Cause or Argue a Future Dissolution? Three Probable Means Propounded and Discussed.|section=I (The Waters Again Naturally Overflowing and Covering the Earth)|43|And vvhat account can vve give of their holding out for ſome Generations againſt the inconveniencies of the Air, or '''deteriority''' of Diet, but the ſtrength and firmneſs of their Conſtitutions?}}
- Result:
- 1692, John Ray, “The First Question Concerning the World's Dissolution, Whether there be Any Thing in Nature that may Probably Cause or Argue a Future Dissolution? Three Probable Means Propounded and Discussed.”, in Miscellaneous Discourses Concerning the Dissolution and Changes of the World. […], London: […] Samuel Smith, […], →OCLC, section I (The Waters Again Naturally Overflowing and Covering the Earth), page 43:
- And vvhat account can vve give of their holding out for ſome Generations againſt the inconveniencies of the Air, or deteriority of Diet, but the ſtrength and firmneſs of their Conſtitutions?
- Wikitext:
{{RQ:Ray World|chapter=Upon a Revievv of the Precedent Discourse, Some Things Thought Fit to be Added and Amended|pages=250–251|pageref=250|passage=[[https://books.google.com/books?id=cx8L7AoDvvxUC&pg=PA250 page 250]] {{...}} Trees do '''deſtil''' VVater a pace vvhen Clouds or Miſts hang about them; {{...}} [[https://books.google.com/books?id=cx8L7AoDvvxUC&pg=PA251 page 251]] Beſides that in hot Regions Trees may in the nigh time '''deſtil''' VVater, though the Air be clear, and there be no Miſt about them, {{...}}}} - Result:
- 1692, John Ray, “Upon a Revievv of the Precedent Discourse, Some Things Thought Fit to be Added and Amended”, in Miscellaneous Discourses Concerning the Dissolution and Changes of the World. […], London: […] Samuel Smith, […], →OCLC, pages 250–251:
- 3rd edition (1713)
- Wikitext:
{{RQ:Ray World|edition=3rd|chapter=That there have been Great Changes Made in the Superficial Part of the Earth since the General Deluge, and by What Means|page=267|passage={{...}} I conceive the Caverns of the Earth vvherein the inflamed Damps are contained, are much larger there than ours in ''England''; and the Force of the Fire, joined vvith the '''Elatery''' of the Air, being exceeding great, may of a ſudden heave up the Earth, yet not ſo far as to rend it in ſunder, and make its VVay out, but is forced to ſeek paſſage vvhere it finds leaſt Reſiſtance through the lateral ''Cuniculi''.}} - Result:
- a. 1706 (date written), John Ray, “[Discourse II. Of the General Deluge in the Days of Noah, Its Causes and Effects.] That there have been Great Changes Made in the Superficial Part of the Earth since the General Deluge, and by What Means.”, in Three Physio-theological Discourses, […], 3rd edition, London: […] William Innys, […], published 1713, →OCLC, page 267:
- […] I conceive the Caverns of the Earth vvherein the inflamed Damps are contained, are much larger there than ours in England; and the Force of the Fire, joined vvith the Elatery of the Air, being exceeding great, may of a ſudden heave up the Earth, yet not ſo far as to rend it in ſunder, and make its VVay out, but is forced to ſeek paſſage vvhere it finds leaſt Reſiſtance through the lateral Cuniculi.
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