A new system of astronomy, [electronic resource] : upon an improved plan. Wherein the science of optics is fully investigated, and the laws of refraction examined and explained. Rectifying many errors with respect to the distance of the sun and planet stars, from the earth, and one another, shewing from whence the mistakes have arisen. Likewise, Treating upon the different elements; of winds, rains, hail, mist, dew, &c. of the flowing of fountains, streams, and rivers; and of the ebbing and flowing of the sea. By John Fleming.
1786
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A new system of astronomy, [electronic resource] : upon an improved plan. Wherein the science of optics is fully investigated, and the laws of refraction examined and explained. Rectifying many errors with respect to the distance of the sun and planet stars, from the earth, and one another, shewing from whence the mistakes have arisen. Likewise, Treating upon the different elements; of winds, rains, hail, mist, dew, &c. of the flowing of fountains, streams, and rivers; and of the ebbing and flowing of the sea. By John Fleming.
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Fleming, John, 18th cent.
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Glasgow : printed for the Author; and sold by the booksellers in London, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen, M.DCC.LXXXVI. [1786]
Place of Publication or Printing
Great Britain -- Scotland -- Glasgow.
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English
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viii,[3],x-xxiii,[1],256p.,plates : maps ; 8⁰.
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Dedication dated: May 27th, 1786.
With an advertisement to the reader bound between pp.[ix] and x.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
With an advertisement to the reader bound between pp.[ix] and x.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
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English Short Title Catalog, T80531.
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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
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