Lectures on select subjects . in mechanics, hydrostatics, hydraulics, pneumatics, and optics. With the use of the globes, the art of dialing, and the calculation of the mean times of new and full moons and eclipses. By James Ferguson, ...
James Ferguson, FRS (Keith 1710 - London 1776)
Category
Books
Date
1793
Materials
Paper and bookcloth
Measurements
232 x 145 mm; 62 mm (thickness)
Place of origin
England
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Woolsthorpe Manor, Lincolnshire
NT 3055386
Summary
Lectures on select subjects in mechanics, hydrostatics, hydraulics, pneumatics, and optics. With the use of the globes, the art of dialing, and the calculation of the mean times of new and full moons and eclipses by James Ferguson.
Bibliographic description
[14],396,[6],48p., plates . ill.. . 8vo.. Provenance: Calligraphic signature on flyleaf: Wm. Henry Wilson / Midsr. 1816. With 2pp of MS at end: 'A table of eclipses' from 1822 to 1851.. Binding: Blue paper boards, white paper spine. In early brown paper wrapper ('Ferguson' on spine), within modern brown paper wrapper. Front boards and flyleaf detached.
Provenance
Books assumed to have been acquired in the 1990s
Makers and roles
James Ferguson, FRS (Keith 1710 - London 1776)