Author: Harris,Joseph - Teachr of the Mathematics.
Title: THE DESCRIPTION AND USE OF THE GLOBES AND THE ORRER. To which is prefix'd by way of introduction, a brief account of the solar System.
Description: London, B.Cole & E.Cushee. 8th edition 1757 Engraved plates [7 including the folding plate of the Great Orrery by Thomas Wright and the plate of New Globes for sale by Richard Cushee. . 8vo contemporary calf on 5 raised bands with gilt red spine title label [ruubbed and sl.marked] Fore-Edges sprinkled red. Title page +advertisment to verso +iii-viii [=contents] + 190pp + [2p=listing of items for sale by B.Cole] Cole took over the shop of Mr.Thomas Wright,instrument-maker to His Majesty. The folding plate of the great Orrery is mounted on scrim-cloth and laid in as frontispiece though it is separately priced at 2 shillings as the price is engraved in the plate on the lower corner. There are three pages with a minor ink mark and a few leaves with narrow browning to lower edge but never more than one fourth of the marginal depth. This is a neat crisp copy with side notes, a table of climates and astonomical symbols as well as using italic print to emphasize important words or phrases. The first two sections deal with the Solar system and the fixed stars. The third section deals with Globes and states 46 Problems and how to solve them. The last part describes the use of the Orrery. The front pastedown has the name Philip Bedingfield Jes.[us] Coll.[ege] Cam.[bridge] 1763.

Keywords: Astronomy Globes Orreries latitude and longitude positioning


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