The nature and construction of a solar eclipse explained and exemplified in that which will happen on April 1st, A.D. 1764. [electronic resource] : Containing, I. The geometrical construction of a general eclipse of the sun, exhibiting its phases and affections, by scale and compasses. II. The same by trigonometrical calculation. III. The construction and phases of a solar eclipse for any particular place, exemplified for the city of London. IV. Of the form and dimensions of the moon's dark shadow on the Earth's surface considered not as a sphere but as a spheroid. V. The method of exhibiting all the phases of a solar eclipse in the best manner, by a reflecting telescope, in a room not darkened. By Benjamin Martin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Martin, Benjamin, 1705-1782.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Astronomy--Early works to 1800.

Astronomy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource ([2],16,[2]p.,fold.plate )

Other Title:

Nature and construction of a solar eclipse explained and exemplified in that which will happen on April 1st, A.D. 1764

Place of Publication:

London : Printed for the author in Fleet-Street, MDCCLXIV. [1764]

Notes:

With a final leaf of advertisements.

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T25332.

OCLC:

508515218