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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 : 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

Author: James Ferguson; Jeremiah Horrocks; Robert Patterson
Publisher: Philadelphia : Matthew Carey, 1809, ©1806.
Edition/Format:  Print book : English : 2nd American from the last London ed. /View all editions and formats
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Ferguson, James, 1710-1776.
Astronomy explained upon Sir Isaac Newton's Principles.
Philadelphia : Matthew Carey, 1809, ©1806
(OCoLC)609454465
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: James Ferguson; Jeremiah Horrocks; Robert Patterson
OCLC Number: 2469179
Notes: Includes index.
Description: [1] folded leaf, 533 pages, [16], xvii. folded leaves : illustrations ; 22 cm
Other Titles: Sir Isaac Newton's Principles
Responsibility: by James Ferguson.

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