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Additional authors

1. Patterson, Robert, 1743-1824.

Description

1. 1 online resource ([2], iv, 23, [2], 503, [14] p., [18] leaves of plates (fold.)) : fold. ill., map.

Series statement

1. Nineteenth Century Collections Online (NCCO): Science, Technology, and Medicine: 1780-1925

Uniform title

1. Nineteenth Century Collections Online (NCCO): Science, Technology, and Medicine: 1780-1925.

Subject

1. Astronomy > Early works to 1800

Note

1. First published in 1756.
2. Includes index.
3. Reproduction of the original from the Huntington Library.

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references.

Author

1. Ferguson, James, 1710-1776.

Title

1. Astronomy explained upon Sir Isaac Newton's principles, and made easy to those who have not studied mathematics [electronic resource] : 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 : [with] 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.

Imprint

1. Philadelphia : Mathew Carey : For sale by John Conrad & Co., 1806.

Edition

1. 1st American ed., from the last London ed. / revised, corrected, and improved by Robert Patterson.

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.

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references.

Local note

1. Gift of Bern Dibner.

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Added author

1. Patterson, Robert, 1743-1824.