Author: Ferguson, James
Title: 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 New And Full Moons And Eclipses
Description: printed for J Johnson; G G and J Robinson; F and C Rivington; W J and J Richardson; W Lowndes; Ogilvy and Son; J Scatcherd; J Walker; J Nunn; J Cuthell; R Lea; T N Longman; and Cadell, Jun and Davies., 1799, 9th edition. Calf, P+. [ii]+x+396+[6]+48pp, 26 [ of 36 LACKS plates VI, VIII, XX, XXI, XXIII from the Lectures & plates II, VIII, IX, X & Xii from the Supplement, ], both boards detached, several lates with ragged edges from mis-folding but images not affected, backstrip defective, a working copy, or a collection of plates. Ex Libris Thomas Coxhed Marsh with his signature ( and that of William Marsh ) to the half title. Hardback , no dustjacket. ¶ A much reprinted collection of lectures by James Ferguson [ 1710 - 1776 ] the Scottish astronomer & itinerant lecturer.

Keywords: physics, optics, astronomy, science