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 1761 / by James Ferguson.

Author/creator Ferguson, James
Other author Patterson, Robert, 1743-1824.
Format Electronic
Edition2nd American, from the last London ed. / revised, corrected, and improved, by Robert Patterson.
Publication InfoPhiladelphia : Mathew Carey, 1809.
Description533 pages
Supplemental ContentShaw-Shoemaker Digital Edition
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SeriesEarly American imprints. Second series no. 17505. ^A575643
General noteIncludes tables.
General noteError in paging: p. 29 appears twice.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
References Shaw & Shoemaker 17505
Other formsMicroform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
Reproduction noteElectronic 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. 17505).

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