The description and use of both the globes, the armillary sphere, and orrery, exemplified in a large and select variety of problems in astronomy, geography, dialling, navigation, spherical trigonometry, chronology, &c. Also, A New Construction of each Globe, by an Apparatus exhibiting the Phaenomena of the Earth and Heavens exactly as they are, and adapting the same to every Age of the World. The second edition corrected, and enlarged with the Addition of many useful Subjects; and an appendix of chronology, or the Doctrine of Time. The whole embellished with five copper plates of the Instruments, &c. By Benj. Martin.

People / Organizations

• inted at ("printed for")
• Benjamin Martin (Author)

Imprint

London: printed [at the Press of Bigg and Cox, at Newton's Head in the Strand] for, and sold by the author in Fleet-Street, [1773?]

Publication year

1773-1773

ESTC No.

T10169

Grub Street ID

155545

Description

viii,176,167-185,184-236,235-242,237-242,243-257[i.e. 258]p., plates ; 8⁰

Note

P.258 misnumbered 257.

Text continuous despite pagination.

Printer's name from colophon.

Dated on internal evidence.

Uncontrolled note

PPL report adv. leaf following the second p.242