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A determination of the exact moments of time when the planet Venus was at external and internal contact with the sun's limb, in the transits of June 6th, 1761; and June 3d, 1769. By Samuel Dunn, ... As read before the Royal Society at London, February 22d, 1770, ...

Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks Am 1772 Pri (b.w.) Af.388.14 (Franklin)
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Dunn, Samuel, 1723-1794 1679
Contributor:
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790, former owner.
Athenaeum of Philadelphia, former owner.
Franklin, William Temple, 1760-1823, annotator.
Duane, William, 1760-1835, former owner.
Dufief, N. G. 1776?-1834, bookseller.
Language:
English
Physical Description:
11,[1]p.,plate ; 4°.
Place of Publication:
London : printed by W. Bowyer and J. Nichols, 1770.
Local Notes:
Benjamin Franklin's copy.
Bound with Priestley, Observations, q.v.; number 13 in table of contents; item 14 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; purchased from Dufief, 1801- 03, by Col. William Duane; sold by him in 1822 to the Athenaeum of Philadelphia (26); sold in turn by it, 22 December 1885, to the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
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