 |
|
|
Item Details
| Title:
|
THE DESCRIPTION AND USE OF THE GLOBES, AND THE ORRERY
TO WHICH IS PREFIXED, BY WAY OF INTRODUCTION, A BRIEF ACCOUNT OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM |
| By: |
Joseph Harris |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| List price:
|
£22.00 |
| Our price: |
£20.90 |
| Discount: |
|
| You save:
|
£1.10 |
|
|
|
|
|
| ISBN 10: |
1108080189 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781108080187 |
| Availability: |
Usually dispatched within 1-3 weeks.
 Delivery
rates
|
| Stock: |
Currently 0 available |
| Publisher: |
CAMBRIDGE LIBRARY COLLECTION |
| Pub. date: |
31 October, 2014 |
| Series: |
Cambridge Library Collection - Astronomy |
| Pages: |
218 |
| Description: |
A popular 1731 introduction to the solar system, with instructions on the use of globes and orreries for astronomical calculation. |
| Synopsis: |
Born in rural Wales, to which he always felt a close connection, Joseph Harris (c.1704-64) moved to London in 1724, presenting the Astronomer Royal, Edmond Halley, with a testimonial of his mathematical ability. Harris then found work as an astronomer and teaching of navigation; his observations of magnetism and solar eclipses taken in Vera Cruz in 1726 and 1727 were relayed to the Royal Society by Halley. Harris' illustrated introduction to the solar system was originally printed for the instrument-maker Thomas Wright and the globe-maker Richard Cushee; it is here reissued in its 1731 first edition. Clearly describing the use of astronomical apparatus such as globes and orreries, it proved very popular, going through fourteen printings by 1793. Harris starts with an overview of the solar system and the fixed stars, and then shows how to solve astronomical problems using globes and orreries. |
| Illustrations: |
7 b/w illus. |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Cambridge University Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
No Cheese, Please!
A fun picture book for children with food allergies - full of friendship and super-cute characters!Little Mo the mouse is having a birthday party.
|
My Brother Is a Superhero
Luke is massively annoyed about this, but when Zack is kidnapped by his arch-nemesis, Luke and his friends have only five days to find him and save the world...
|
|
|
|
|