Lectures on select subjects: in mechanics, hydrostatics, hydraulics, pneumatics and optics. With the use of the globes, the art of dialing, and the calculation of the mean times of the new and full moons and eclipses. Eighth edition.
by FERGUSON, James
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About This Item
Printed for T. Longman, B. Law and Son, C.G. J. and J. Robinson [and 8 others], 1793.. 1793 8vo. [12], 396, [6], 42 pp. Twenty three plates + thirteen in the Supplement, as called for in the printed list. Lacks A1(blank?). Modern sprinkled calf in eighteenth century style. Spine with raised bands and a contrasting lettering piece. A few plates show evidence of old mis-folding, otherwise a very good copy.
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- Title
- Lectures on select subjects
- Author
- FERGUSON, James
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Printed for T. Longman, B. Law and Son, C.G. J. and J. Robinson [and 8 others]
- Date Published
- 1793.
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