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, [with] 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.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ferguson, James, 1710-1776.

Contributor:

Patterson, Robert, 1743-1824.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Astronomy--Early works to 1800.

Astronomy.

Penn Provenance:

Garwood, Jeremiah, fl. 1860 (autograph)

Physical Description:

iv, 23 pages, 3 unnumbered pages, 503 pages, 15 unnumbered pages, 1 unnumbered folded leaf of plates, xvii folded leaves of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm

Edition:

First American edition, from the last London edition / revised, corrected, and improved by Robert Patterson.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Mathew Carey : For sale by John Conrad & Co. [and 10 others], 1806.

Notes:

First published in 1756.

Includes index.

Cited in:

Shaw & Shoemaker 10405

OCLC:

12973262