Astronomy - Early works to 1800
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A tide table shewing the (solar) times of high water , and also the heights of the tides, at the Custom-House dock-gates, Liverpool; for the year 1781. ... Published by order of the Worshipful the Mayor, ... of Liverpool. Calculated by the Rev. Mr. G. Holden, and his son, ... [To be continued yearly.].
Holden, G. (George), d. 1793.Date: [1781]- E-books
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A new system of general geography , in which the principles of that science are explained; with a view of the solar system, and of the seasons of the year all over the globe; Together with The most essential parts of the Natural History of the Earth. Part I. By Ebenezer Macfait, M.D.
Macfait, Ebenezer, d. 1786.Date: M,DCC,LXXX. [1780]- E-books
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A compendious system of natural philosophy With notes, containing the mathematical demonstrations, and some occasional remarks. In four parts. ... By J. Rowning, M. A. Rector of Anderby in Lincolnshird, and late Fellow of Magdalen College in Cambridge.
Rowning, J. (John), 1701?-1771.Date: 1753- E-books
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An introduction to the use of the globes , and the orrery: with the application of astronomy to chronology. Adapted to the Instruction and Entertainment of such Persons as are not previously versed in Mathematic Science. With an appendix, Attempting to explain the Account of the First and Fourth Days Work of Creation in the First Chapter of Genesis. By David Jennings.
Jennings, David, 1691-1762.Date: MDCCXLVII. [1747]- E-books
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Letters, philosophical and astronomical , in which the following operations of nature and treated of and explained, in the most simple and natural Manner, According to Sir Isaac Newton's Opinions, (viz.) the creation; the deluge; Vegetation; the Make and Form of this terraqueous Globe;-Its Motions explained and accounted for. Together with the exact number of days, Years, and Lunations, since the creation. Proved by the New, Full Moons, Equinoxes, and Eclipses. To which is added, a solar and lunar diagram for A.D. 1786, In which the Place of the Sun, Earth, Moon and her Nodes, are pointed out every Day in the Year, and every Day of the Week.
Penrose, Francis, 1718-1798.Date: M,DCC,LXXXIX. [1789]