The illustrated account given by Hevelius in his "Machina celestis" of the method of mounting his telescopes and erecting an observatory : reprinted from an original copy / with remarks by C. Leeson Prince.

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The illustrated account given by Hevelius in his "Machina celestis" of the method of mounting his telescopes and erecting an observatory : reprinted from an original copy / with remarks by C. Leeson Prince.