Author: REYNOLDS,JAMES
Title: Comets and Aerolites
Description: London: James Reynolds, 1848. First Edition. No Binding. 8vo. John Emslie. This is a Very Good Copy of this Educational Chart Undated But Circa 1848 - 1850.It shows hand coloured pictures of both comets and aerolites with a centre illustration of the Orbit of a Comet.Interesting notes of reference including fig 1 which was a comet from 1680 length of tail 120 millions of miles,velocity 800,000 miles an hour and period of revolution 576 years.The chart Measures 11'' by 9'' in size.Scarce work with just a little minor thumbing along edges and some pencil doodling to the rear cover.N.B.James Reynolds produced some wonderful educational astronomical charts from around 1840 to around 1870.They were invariably hand coloured on card with some notes of explanation etc.Some had very clever tissue insets so that when held up to the light they illuminated the picture as if by magic and there are some wonderful transparent images produced to illuminate the sky.He produced various aspects of astronomy such as stars and constellations,comets,eclipses and planets near and far from Earth.John Emslie 1813 to 1875 was the principal artist and engraver of these wonderful charts. Very Good .

Keywords: James Reynolds the Moon the Sun Aerolites Comets Planets Astronomy Eclipses Rare Hand Coloured John Emslie Earth Pluto Neptune Mars Saturn Jupiter Mercury


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