Sciothericum telescopicum; or, A new contrivance of adapting a telescope to an horizontal dial for observing the moment of time by day or night. Useful in all astronomical observations, and for regulating and adjusting curious pendulum-watches and other time-keepers, with proper tables requisite thereto. By William Molyneux Esq; Fellow of the Royal Society, and of that in Dublin.
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- Sciothericum telescopicum; or, A new contrivance of adapting a telescope to an horizontal dial for observing the moment of time by day or night. Useful in all astronomical observations, and for regulating and adjusting curious pendulum-watches and other time-keepers, with proper tables requisite thereto. By William Molyneux Esq; Fellow of the Royal Society, and of that in Dublin.
- New contrivance of adapting a telescope to an horizontal dial Tables of the suns right ascension in time to every ten minutes of the ecliptick Tables of æquation of natural days Calculation of hours and minutes for an horizontal-dial. Dublin lat 53?. 20'
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Dublin: printed by Andrew Crook and Samuel Helsham, at the Printing-House on Ormond-Key; and are to be sold by W. Norman in Dame-street, and S. Helsham and El. Dobson booksellers in Castle-street, 1686.
- Publication year
- 1686-1686
- ESTC No.
- R10281
- Grub Street ID
- 58669
- Description
- [12], 54, [38] p., [1] folded leaf of plates : diagrams, tables ; 4⁰
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- First leaf is blank.
"Tables of the suns right ascension in time to every ten minutes of the ecliptick." (H4r), "Tables of ¾quation of natural days." (M1r), and "Calculation of hours and minutes for an horizontal-dial. Dublin lat 53?. 20'." (M3r) each have divisional title page.
With press-figure "[*]" on leaf L4v.
Signatures: pi? a? B-M? N?.
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