Astronomical diagrams.

Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
London : James Reynolds, [1851?]
Description
1 portfolio : ill. ; 30 cm.

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Subject(s)
Notes
  • Title from cover.
  • Apparently published as companion to Reynold's Series of astronomical diagrams.
  • Imperfect: Lacking cards for; Diagram of meteorology, displaying the various phenomena of the atmosphere / drawn and engraved by John Emslie [dated Sepr 20th 1846] -- The earth and its atmosphere / drawn and engraved by John Emslie [dated March 10th 1849].
Binding note
Pub. brown decorated cloth stamped in blind and gilt with heavy cloth ties on fore-edge.
Contents
  • Diagram illustrating the earth's annual revolution round the sun : showing its position on the first of every month / drawn & engraved by John Emslie [dated Augt 6 1851]
  • Transparent chart of the heavens, for the latitude of Great Britain : shewing the stars visible on any night throughout the year
  • Comets and aerolites / drawn & engraved by John Emslie
  • Telescopic appearance of the moon / drawn & engraved by John Emslie
  • Eclipses : the theory of the tides
  • Comparative magnitudes of the planets : relative distances of the planets from the sun / drawn and engraved by John Emslie
  • The theory of the seasons and signs of the zodiac
  • Transparent diagram of the phases of the moon
  • Transparent solar system, displaying the planets with their orbits, as known at the present day : derived from the latest and best authorities
  • The sun and solar phenomena.
OCLC
81256064
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