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245 12 a| A short account of the solar system, and of comets in general :b| together with a particular account of the comet that will appear in 1789. /c| By Bartholomew Burges.;

250 a| (The second edition. Corrected.).;

260 a| Boston :b| Printed by B. Edes & Son, no. 7, State-Street,c| --1789.;

300 a| 17 pages, 3 unnumbered pages, 1 unnumbered folded leaf of plates :b| illustrations ;c| 16 cm (8vo) +e| 1 volvelle.;

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500 a| Parentheses substituted for square brackets enclosing edition statement.;

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500 a| Prospectus for the author's The American seaman's daily assistant, p. [19].;

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A short account of the solar system, and of comets in general : together with a particular account of the comet that will appear in 1789. / By Bartholomew Burges.

Author/creator	Burges, Bartholomew
Other author	Norman, John, 1748?-1817, engraver.
Other author	American Academy of Arts and Sciences dedicatee.
Other author	American Philosophical Society dedicatee.
Format	Electronic
Edition	(The second edition. Corrected.).
Publication Info	Boston : Printed by B. Edes & Son, no. 7, State-Street, --1789.
Description	17 pages, 3 unnumbered pages, 1 unnumbered folded leaf of plates : illustrations ; 16 cm (8vo) + 1 volvelle.
Supplemental Content	Evans Digital Edition
Subjects	Comets. Solar system.

Series	Early American imprints. First series ; no. 21722. ^A478749
General note	Dedicated to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and to the Philosophical Society of Pennsylvania.
General note	Parentheses substituted for square brackets enclosing edition statement.
General note	"Explanation of the moveable diagram"--p. 17; followed by an explanation of the diagram of the solar system (engraved by John Norman), p. [18]. The latter explanation appears in the first edition (Evans 21721) under the heading "Explanation of the large plate." The first edition was evidently issued with the diagram of the solar system, and the second edition with the diagram and accompanying volvelle; however, no copy of the second edition with the diagram and volvelle has been located.
General note	Prospectus for the author's The American seaman's daily assistant, p. [19].
References	Evans 21722
Other forms	Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
Reproduction note	Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 21722).
Genre/form	Prospectuses.

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