James Ferguson, Astronomical Instruments and Celestial Charts

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Collection of nine images including astronomical instruments, celestial charts, and a world map. The celestial globe - Coprenic, Ticho Brahe, and Descartes - World map or general description of the globe Terrestre / next Mr. de Lisle of the Royal Academy of Sciences - Machina ingenioso artifice extructa, ope and industria Bernardi Cloese restituta, Europae admiratio - Sphaera artificialis, seu armillaris - Artificial sphere - De Hemel Globe - (Handwritten title, cover article and two diagrams). A new method of constructing sun-dials for any given latitude without assistance or logarithmic calculations by James Ferguson. No earlier than 1769.

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License: Licensed
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