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 1761, [with] an account of Mr. Horrox's observation of the transit of Venus 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.
Edition: 1st American ed., from the last London ed. / rev., corr., and improved by Robert Patterson.
Publisher: Mathew Carey; For sale by John Conrad & Co. [and 10 others]
Published: 1806
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 503
Subjects: Astronomy -- Early works to 1800.
Notes: First published in 1756.
Includes index.