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An essay, on the use of the celestial and terrestrial globes; : exemplified in a greater variety of problems, than are to be found in any other work; exhibiting the general principles of dialing and navigation. / By the late George Adams, mathematical instrument maker to His Majesty, and optician to the Prince of Wales.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Adams, George, 1709-1772.
- Series:
- Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 14264.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Astronomy.
- Globes.
- Dialing.
- Navigation.
- Physical Description:
- 2 unnumbered pages, viii pages, 1 unnumbered page, 10-238 pages, 4 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Edition:
- Fifth edition. With the author's last improvements, illustrated with copper plates.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia: : Published by William W. Woodward, no. 52, South Second Street. 1808. Dickinson, printer., [1808]
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- text file
- Notes:
- Also issued as the second part of: Adams, George. Astronomical and geographical essays ... 4th ed. Whitehall, Pa., 1800 [i.e., 1808]. A second sequence of page numerals ([10], 195-424) continuous with those of the first part appears at the foot of the pages. The plates are nos. xvi and xiii.
- Plates engraved by Robert Scot and John Draper.
- Electronic 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. 14264).
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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