FERGUSON, JAMES. - The Young Gentleman and Lady’s Astronomy, Familiarly explained in ten dialogues between Neander and Eudosia. To which is added, The Description and Use of the Globes and Armillary Sphere.
Dublin: James Williams 1778. Sixth edition, 8vo, (iv), 247, (1), 106, (1), 107-111, (4) pp. 8 folding engraved plates, contemporary signature to title and fly leaf, internally a very good clean copy. Contemporary calf, joints cracked and with an old repair, maroon spine label, some wear, particularly to corners. A popular work first published 1768, chiefly concerning the solar system as well as latitude and longitude and gravity. The plates illustrate the mechanics of eclipses, and the work concludes with a section on the use of globes.
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