The description and use of a new portable orrery. [electronic resource] : On a simple construction,...
The description and use of a new portable orrery. [electronic resource] : On a simple construction, Representing The Motions And Phenomena Of The Planetary System, But More Particularly The Motions Of The Earth And Moon Round The Sun; From Whence The Nature And Causes Of The Vicissitudes Of The Seasons, Days And Nights, Solar And Lunar Eclipses, &C. Are Clearly And Familiarly Explained. To which is prefixed, a short account of the solar system, OR The True System Of The World. With three copper-plates. The fifth edition, with additions ; containing a concise account of the most recent discoveries by Dr. Herschell, & c. and the Description of a larger and more complete Portable Orrery. By William Jones, Mathematical Instrument Maker.
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London : printed for, and sold by, W. and S. Jones, Holborn, [1799]
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[1799]
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[4],50,[2]p.,plates ; 8°.
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London : printed for, and sold by, W. and S. Jones, Holborn, [1799]
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England
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[1799]
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The description and use of a new portable orrery. [electronic resource] : On a simple construction, Representing The Motions And Phenomena Of The Planetary System, But More Particularly The Motions Of The Earth And Moon Round The Sun; From Whence The Nature And Causes Of The Vicissitudes Of The Seasons, Days And Nights, Solar And Lunar Eclipses, &C...
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Price from imprint: Price Two Shillings.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
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ESTC T122545.
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Also available in microfilm held offsite at RAV/FM4/51.
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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
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