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A plain method of determining the parallax of Venus, by her transit over the sun: and from thence, by analogy, the parallex and distance of the sun, and of all the rest of the planets. By James Ferguson.
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks Am 1781 Bid (b.w.) Af.404.13 (Franklin)
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ferguson, James, 1710-1776 20764
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- [2],54.,plates ; 4°.
- Place of Publication:
- London : printed for, and sold by the author; and also by Mr. Millar; Mr. Nairne, optician; and Mr. Watkins, optician, 1761.
- Local Notes:
- HSP in LCP.
- Benjamin Franklin's copy.
- Bound with Biddle, Oration, q.v.; number 11 in table of contents; item 13 in volume. Modern half sheep over contemporary marbled boards; bound with other items. MS table of contents on flyleaf in William Temple Franklin's hand; inscription on title: For Doctor Benjam[in . . . ], shaved; and long notes and minor corrections in the author's hand; purchased from Dufief, 1801- 03, by Col. William Duane; sold by him in 1822 to the Athenaeum of Philadelphia (3); sold in turn by it, 22 December 1855, to the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
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