Astronomical Notebook
Mss.522.D75
Date: 1764-1799
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Size: 1 volume(s)
Contents | ||||
"Tables of perpetual use" | p. 1-48 | |||
"To find the southing of a planet" | p. 49-50 | |||
"...Circles of the sphere projected on the Meridian Stereographically" [Illus.] | p. 52-53 | |||
General physical description: p. 52-53 Access digital object: | ||||
"Of the Stella Mira or Wonderfull Star in the Whale's Neck" [Illus.] | p. 55-57 | |||
"Of the Retrogradation of the Planet Mars" [Illus.] | p. 57-66 | |||
"To Draw a Meridian Line on a Horizontal plane by a style or needle set up at random" [Illus.] | p. 67-70 | |||
"The construction of a quadrant" [Illus.] | p. 72-75 | |||
"A View of the Transits of the planet Venus and Mercury over the Sun's Dick for the year 1761 to the year 1799" | p. 76-77 | |||
"An Account of the Sun's Enlightening the planet Venus from Observations in the Year 1762" [from Waldron Hill; illustr.] | p. 78-81 | |||
"To find the situation of all or any of Jupiter's Satellites at any time required" [Illus.] | p. 81-84 | |||
"Concerning the appearance of a Comett" | p. 84-85 | |||
"The Manner of Erecting a scheme or figure of the Heavens" [Illus.] | p. 86-89 | |||
"Letter from Waldron Hill to [John] Dovaston, April 23, 1764" | p. 89-92 | |||
"To find the Latitude of any place" | p. 93 | |||
"Astronomical problems" [Illus.] | p. 94-110 | |||
Perpetual calendars, etc. | p. 112-121 | |||
"A short account of the Old Style [Gregorian calendar] with the reason given for the new" | p. 122-123 | |||
"To find what time any fixed star will be upon the meridian" | p. 123-124 | |||
"Description of eclipse of the Moon, July 30, 1776" | p. 124-125 | |||
"A perpetual Almanac, by which may be found the day of the month in any year" [Illus.] | p. 127-128 | |||
"Account of a Comet Observed by Mr. Walker of Gruston on the 18th Aug., 1797" [Shrewsbury Chronicle]
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"John Freeman Millward Dovaston's nativity, calculated by Ed. Francis" [Illus.] | p. 130-131 |