Astronomy Explained upon Sir Isaac Newton's Principles, and made easy to those who have not studied mathematics; To which are added, a plain method of finding the distances of all the planets from the sun, by the transit of Venus over the sun's disc, In the year 1761: An Account of Mr. Horrox's observation of the transit of Venus, in the year 1639: and of the Distances of all the planets from the sun, as deduced from observations of the transit in the year 1761
by Ferguson, James
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Philadelphia: Matthew Carey, 1809. Hardcover. Good. "The Second American, from the last London edition; revised, corrected, and improved, by Robert Patterson." Imprint includes: "For sale by C. and A. Conrad & Co. Bradford & Inskeep, Hopkins & Earle, Johnson & Warner, and Kimber, Conrad & Co." iv, [1], 8-29, [4], 32-533, [15] p.: tables; 22 cm. Contemporary full calf; leather spine label with gilt-tooled title: Ferguson's Astronomy. Includes index. Error in pagination: p. 259 misnumbered 295. Early American Imprints, Series 2 (Shaw-Shoemaker), 17505. Bookplate of the Academy of the New Church Library on front fixed endpaper. Also on the front fixed endpaper and at the foot of the title page is a small stamp reading: Charles S. Cole, Jr., Bryn Athyn, Pa. Lacking folded plate found in some copies; otherwise, in Good Condition: spine is sunned; loss at ends of spine; lacking front free endpaper; lacking lower margin of pp. 33-34, with minor loss of text on p. 34; closed tear of 2.5 cm. from lower edge of p. 117; loss along fore-edge of pp. 337-38, without loss of text; occasional ink notations; foxing and small stains throughout.
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- Astronomy Explained upon Sir Isaac Newton's Principles, and made easy to those who have not studied mathematics; To which are added, a plain method of finding the distances of all the planets from the sun, by the transit of Venus over the sun's disc, In the year 1761: An Account of Mr. Horrox's observation of the transit of Venus, in the year 1639: and of the Distances of all the planets from the sun, as deduced from observations of the transit in the year 1761
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- Ferguson, James
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- Matthew Carey
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- Date Published
- 1809
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