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, F. R. S.
James Ferguson, FRS (Keith 1710 - London 1776)
Category
Books
Date
1785
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Lanhydrock, Cornwall
NT 3180171
Summary
Bibliographic description
[8],501,[15]p.,plates ;. 8vo. Binding: eighteenth-century sprinkled calf, sewn onto five bands; gold-tooled on spine; red spine label, gold-lettered Ferguson's Astronomy.
Makers and roles
James Ferguson, FRS (Keith 1710 - London 1776)