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Essays and treatises

Title
  1. Essays and treatises [electronic resource] / by James Ferguson ; with an appendix relative to electricity, galvanism, and electro-magnetism by David Brewster.
Published by
  1. Edinburgh : Printed for Sterling & Slade and G. & W.B. Whittaker, London, 1823
Author
  1. Ferguson, James, 1710-1776.

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Details

Additional authors
  1. Brewster, David, 1781-1868.
  2. Lizars, W. H. (William Home), 1788-1859.
Description
  1. 1 online resource ([2], v, [1], 382 p., [14] leaves of plates (fold.)) : fold. ill.
Series statement
  1. Nineteenth Century Collections Online (NCCO): Science, Technology, and Medicine: 1780-1925
Uniform title
  1. Works. Selections. 1823
  2. Nineteenth Century Collections Online (NCCO): Science, Technology, and Medicine: 1780-1925.
Alternative title
  1. Works. 1823
Subject
  1. Electricity > Early works to 1850
  2. Perspective
  3. Astronomy
Contents
  1. An easy introduction to astronomy for young gentlemen and ladies -- The art of drawing in perspective made easy -- An introduction to electricity -- Select exercises -- Tables and tracts.
Note
  1. Plates signed: W.H. Lizars.
  2. Reproduction of the original from the Huntington Library.
Author
  1. Ferguson, James, 1710-1776.
Title
  1. Essays and treatises [electronic resource] / by James Ferguson ; with an appendix relative to electricity, galvanism, and electro-magnetism by David Brewster.
Imprint
  1. Edinburgh : Printed for Sterling & Slade and G. & W.B. Whittaker, London, 1823 (Dun. Stevenson & Co.)
Edition
  1. A new ed., illustrated with copperplates.
Series
  1. Nineteenth Century Collections Online (NCCO): Science, Technology, and Medicine: 1780-1925
  2. Nineteenth Century Collections Online (NCCO): Science, Technology, and Medicine: 1780-1925.
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Added author
  1. Brewster, David, 1781-1868.
  2. Lizars, W. H. (William Home), 1788-1859.
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