☞ Astronomy explained upon Sir Isaac Newton's principles, 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, [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.
Creator(s): Patterson, Robert, 1743-1824 (Contributor and Editor)
Related APS Member(s):
James Ferguson, Robert Patterson Sr.
Publication: Philadelphia: Mathew Carey: For sale by John Conrad & Co. [and 10 others], 1806.
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Shaw-Shoemaker 10405 | Shaw-Shoemaker 17504 | Shaw-Shoemaker 17505
Editions: 1x 1806 (Philadelphia), 2x 1809 (Philadelphia), 1x 1817 (Philadelphia)
Editions Note: Four editions: one in 1806, two in 1809, and one in 1817.
BibNumber: 406.003