Astronomy explained upon Sir Isaac Newton's Principles
Subtitle: and made easy to those who have not studied mathematics : 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 : 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: Horrocks, Jeremiah, 1617?-1641; Patterson, Robert, 1743-1824
Edition: 2nd American from the last London ed., rev. corr., and improved by Robert Patterson.
Publisher: M. Carey
Published: 1809
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 533
Subjects: Astronomy; Early works to 1800
Notes: Includes tables.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Shaw, R.R. American bibliography, 17505