Astronomy, explained upon Sir Isaac Newton's principles, and made easy to those who have not studied mathematics
Subtitle: to which are added, a plain method of finding the distances of all the planets from the sun, by the transit of Venus over the sun's disc, in the year 1639 : and of the distances of all the planets from the sun, as deduced from observations of the transit in the year 1761
By: by James Ferguson ... ;
Contributors: Patterson, Robert, 1743-1824; Carey, Mathew, 1760-1839 (autograph)
Edition: The first American edition, from the last London edition. Revised, corrected, and improved, by Robert Patterson ...
Publisher: Printed for and published by Mathew Carey; for sale by John Conrad & Co. ...[and 11 others]
Published: 1806
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 503
Subjects: Newton, Isaac, -- Sir, -- 1642-1727; Astronomy -- Early works to 1800.
Genres: Early works to 1800.
Notes: Fisher copy: Publisher's presentation copy to Robert Patterson.