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/creator | Ferguson, James |
| Other author | Patterson, Robert, 1743-1824. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Edition | 1st American, from the last London ed. / revised, corrected, and improved, by Robert Patterson. |
| Publication Info | Philadelphia : Mathew Carey, 1806. |
| Description | iv, 23, 503 pages : illustrations |
| Supplemental Content | Shaw-Shoemaker Digital Edition |
| Subjects |
| Series | Early American imprints. Second series no. 10405. ^A575643 |
| General note | Includes tables. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| References | Shaw & Shoemaker 10405 |
| 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., 2004-2007] Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 10405). |
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