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Astronomy notebook : manuscript
Title
Astronomy notebook : manuscript.
Production
Birmingham, England, circa 1763.
Physical Description
1 volume ; 39 x 26 cm
Language
English
Notes
Inscribed in ink on the front cover: Henry Morris Birmingham Nov.ber 28.th 1763.
Binding: contemporary vellum over pasteboards; blind tooled borders on the front and back covers.
In English.
Provenance
Formerly owned by Henry Morris. Purchased from Byass Rare Books on the James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection Fund, 2012.
Access and use
This material is open for research.
Summary
Manuscript notebook, in an unidentified hand, relating to the study of astronomy. Includes problems, calculations, and diagrams for determining lunar and solar movement and declinations. Also includes discussion and diagrams of the Copernican, Ptolemaic, and Tychonic hypotheses for the arrangement of the solar system. With a sheet of blotting paper and three sheets of paper containing notes and penmanship practice laid in at the end.
Format
Archives or Manuscripts
Added to Catalog
July 15, 2021
References
Astronomy Notebook. James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Cite as
Astronomy Notebook. James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Diagrams - Great Britain - 18th century.
Notebooks - Great Britain - 18th century.
Pen and ink drawings - Great Britain - 18th century.
Vellum bindings (Binding)
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