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 James Ferguson, F. R. S.
1809; Gale Group; Linguagem: English
Autores
G. Child, Isaac Newton, Andrew MacKay, Jeremiah Horrocks, John Johnson, J. Mynde, Robert Baldwin, William Lownds,
ResumoFirst Edition, London, 1756; Plates Signed by G. Child and J. Mynde Includes Bibliographical References and Index.; On Permanent Loan from Mount Wilson and Las Campanas Observatories. Shelfmark: 14927.; Provenance: Blind, Embossed Stamp of Carnegie Institution of Washington, Mount Wilson Observatory, on Front Endleaf.; Library Has Other Copies: Heh 291311 and Heh 700687.; Bound in Diced Brown Calf, with Gilt-Stamped Single-Ruled Frame on Covers; Brown Morocco Spine; Rebacked. Book.
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