A short account of the solar system, and of comets in general [electronic resource] : together with a particular account of the comet that will appear in 1789. By Bartholomew Burges.
1789
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A short account of the solar system, and of comets in general [electronic resource] : together with a particular account of the comet that will appear in 1789. By Bartholomew Burges.
Author
Burges, Bartholomew.
Edition
(The second edition. Corrected)
Publication Details
Boston : Printed by B. Edes & Son, no. 7, State-Street, --1789.
Place of Publication or Printing
United States -- Massachusetts -- Boston.
Language
English
Description
17,[3]p., [1]folded leaf of plates : ill. ; 8⁰ 1 volvelle.
Note
Dedicated to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and to the Philosophical Society of Pennsylvania.
Parentheses substituted for square brackets enclosing edition statement.
"Explanation of the moveable diagram"--p. 17; followed by an explanation of the diagram of the solar system (engraved by John Norman), p. [18]. The latter explanation appears in the first edition (Evans 21721) under the heading "Explanation of the large plate." The first edition was evidently issued with the diagram of the solar system, and the second edition with the diagram and accompanying volvelle; however, no copy of the second edition with the diagram and volvelle has been located.
Prospectus for the author's The American seaman's daily assistant, p. [19].
Reproduction of original from Boston Public Library.
Parentheses substituted for square brackets enclosing edition statement.
"Explanation of the moveable diagram"--p. 17; followed by an explanation of the diagram of the solar system (engraved by John Norman), p. [18]. The latter explanation appears in the first edition (Evans 21721) under the heading "Explanation of the large plate." The first edition was evidently issued with the diagram of the solar system, and the second edition with the diagram and accompanying volvelle; however, no copy of the second edition with the diagram and volvelle has been located.
Prospectus for the author's The American seaman's daily assistant, p. [19].
Reproduction of original from Boston Public Library.
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Evans, 21722
English Short Title Catalog, W3466.
English Short Title Catalog, W3466.
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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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Edes, Benjamin, 1732-1803, printer.
Edes, Benjamin, 1755-1801, printer.
Norman, John, 1748?-1817, engraver.
Edes, Benjamin, 1755-1801, printer.
Norman, John, 1748?-1817, engraver.
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American Academy of Arts and Sciences dedicatee.
American Philosophical Society, dedicatee.
American Philosophical Society, dedicatee.
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