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090 $aPS530$b.E375e no. 36756
100 1 $aAdams, George,$d1750-1795
245 10 $aAstronomical & geographical essays:$h[electronic resource] :$bcontaining, I. A full and comprehensive view, on a new plan, of the general principles of astronomy. II. The use of the celestial and terrestrial globes, exemplified in a greater variety of problems, than are to be found in any other work. III. The description and use of the most improved planetarium, tellurian, and lunarium. IV. An introduction to practical astronomy. /$cBy the late George Adams, mathematical instrument maker to His Majesty, and optician to the Prince of Wales
250 $aFourth edition. With the author's last improvements, illustrated with elegant copper-plates
260 $aWhitehall [Pa.]: :$bPrinted for William Young, bookseller and stationer n. 52 South 2d. Street, Philadelphia.,$c1800 [i.e., 1808]
300 $axvi, 194, [4], viii, [1], 10-238, [1], 10-148 p., xvi folded leaves of plates :$bill. ;$c23 cm
500 $aA reissue of the first part of the fourth edition (1800), together with the fifth edition (1808) of parts II-IV
500 $a"N.B. The different essays in this first American edition are printed so as to be bound separately, as may be most agreeable; therefore the folios are arranged accordingly; viz. the numbers on the top of the page, to suit those who wish to bind or purchase separately; the numbers at the foot, those who chuse [sic] the whole in one volume."--p. viii. The continuous sequence numbers xvi, 194, [12], 195-564 p
500 $aPlates engraved by Robert Scot, Francis Shallus, and John Draper
500 $aNumerous errors in paging
500 $a"An essay, on the use of the celestial and terrestrial globes; exemplified in a greater variety of problems, than are to be found in any other work; exhibiting the general principles of dialing and navigation ... Fifth edition. With the author's last improvements, illustrated with copper plates. Philadelphia: Published by William W. Woodward, no. 52, South Second Street. 1808. Dickinson, printer."--[2], viii, [1], 10-238 p., with separate title page. Also issued separately
500 $a"Essay III. Containing a description of the most improved planetarium, lunarium, & tellurian [and] Essay IV. An introduction to practical astronomy."--[1], 10-148 p. at end
500 $aAdvertisement, p. [195], second count
510 4 $aShipton & Mooney$c36756
510 4 $aRink, E. Technical Americana,$c626
530 $aMicroform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series
533 $aElectronic text and image data.$b[Chester, Vt. :$cReadex, a division of Newsbank, Inc.,$d2002-2004.$eIncludes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text.$f(Early American imprints. First series ; no. 36756)
650 0 $aAstronomy
650 0 $aGlobes
650 0 $aNavigation
650 0 $aDialing
700 16 $aDraper, J.$q(John),$eengraver
700 16 $aShallus, Francis,$eengraver
700 16 $aScot, Robert,$d1744?-1823,$eengraver
752 $aUnited States$bPennsylvania$dWhitehall
752 $aUnited States$bPennsylvania$dPhiladelphia
830 0 $aEarly American imprints.$nFirst series ;$vno. 36756
856 40 $uhttps://proxy.lib.muohio.edu/login?source=opac&url=http://opac.newsbank.com/select/evans/36756$zEvans Digital Edition
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