Astronomical & geographical essays : containing, 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 - ECU Libraries Catalog

Astronomical & geographical essays : containing, 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. / By the late George Adams, mathematical instrument maker to His Majesty, and optician to the Prince of Wales.

Author/creator	Adams, George, 1750-1795
Other author/creator	Draper, J. (John), 1779-1865 engraver.
Other author/creator	Shallus, Francis engraver.
Other author/creator	Scot, Robert, 1745-1823 engraver.
Format	Book and Microform
Edition	Fourth edition. With the author's last improvements, illustrated with elegant copper-plates.
Publication Info	Whitehall [Pa.] : Printed for William Young, bookseller and stationer n. 52 South 2d. Street, Philadelphia, 1800 [i.e., 1808]
Description	xvi, 194 pages, 4 unnumbered pages, viii, 1 unnumbered page, 10-238 pages, 1 unnumbered page, 10-148 pages, xvi folded leaves of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Subject(s)	Astronomy. Globes. Navigation. Dialing.

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Series	Early American imprints. First series ; no. 36756 Early American imprints. First series ; no. 36756. ^A478749
General note	A reissue of the first part of the fourth edition (1800), together with the fifth edition (1808) of parts II-IV.
General note	Signatures: [a]⁴ b⁴ C² D-2D⁴; pi1 [A]⁴ B-2F⁴ 2G⁴(-2G4) 2I-3B⁴ 3C² (gatherings 3A, 3B, 3C missigned 2A, 2B, 2C).
General note	"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.
General note	Plates engraved by Robert Scot, Francis Shallus, and John Draper.
General note	Numerous errors in paging.
General note	Not in Shaw & Shoemaker.
General note	"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.
General note	"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.
General note	Advertisement, p. [195], second count.
General note	READEX NOTE: Incorrectly filmed as Evans 36756.
References	Shipton & Mooney 36756
References	Rink, E. Technical Americana, 626
Reproduction note	Joyner- Microfiche. [New York : Readex Microprint, 1985] 11 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 36756).
Genre/form	Advertisements Ink.

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