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Institutions of astronomical calculations : Part II : containing the astronomy and geography of transits and the principles of calculation, illustrated and applied to the ensuing transit of Venus in 1769 : with the construction and use of a transit globe for that purpose : embellished with three large copper plates and a map of the great South Sea / by B. Martin.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Martin, Benjamin, 1705-1782.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Transits.
- Venus (Planet)--Transit--1769.
- Venus (Planet).
- Physical Description:
- vii pages, 1 unnumbered page, 62 pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 4 unnumbered folded leaves of plates : illustrations (engravings), map ; 21 cm (8vo)
- Place of Publication:
- London : Printed for and sold by the author ... and by all the booksellers in city and country, [1770?]
- Notes:
- Intended to be part 2 of vol. 3 of a larger work. Cf. pref.
- Local Notes:
- With: The Nautical almanac and astronomical ephemeris. -- 1770. -- London : Printed by W. Richardson and S. Clark, printers, and sold by J. Nourse ... and Mess. Mount and Page ... booksellers ..., 1769.
- OCLC:
- 16115175
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