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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

Title: 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.
Author: Ferguson, James, 1710-1776.
Publication: Philadelphia : Matthew Carey, 1809, c1806.

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[1] fold. leaf, 533 p., [16], xvii. fold. leaves : ill.; 22 cm.

Alternative Title

Sir Isaac Newton's Principles.

Subject

Astronomy

Note

Includes index.

Call Number

3-OMP (Ferguson, J. Astronomy explained upon Sir Isaac Newton's principles. 1809)

OCLC

2469179

Author

Ferguson, James, 1710-1776.

Title

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.

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Philadelphia : Matthew Carey, 1809, c1806.

Edition

2nd. American from the last London ed. / : rev., corr., and improved by Robert Patterson.

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Horrocks, Jeremiah, 1617?-1641.

Patterson, Robert, 1743-1824.

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Sir Isaac Newton's Principles.

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3-OMP (Ferguson, J. Astronomy explained upon Sir Isaac Newton's principles. 1809)

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