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 ...
By: by James Ferguson
Contributors: Mackay, Andrew, 1758-1809; Horrocks, Jeremiah, 1617?-1641
Edition: The 12th ed. / improved and corrected by Andrew Mackay.
Series: Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Science, Technology, and Medicine, Part I; Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Science, Technology, and Medicine, Part I
Publisher: Printed for J. Johnson
Published: 1809
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 523
Subjects: Astronomy; Early works to 1800
Other titles: 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.
Notes: Includes index.

"Erratum."--[1] p., 3rd count.

Reproduction of the original from the Huntington Library.

Includes bibliographical references.