1728 Whiston Lectures on Isaac NEWTON Astronomy Cosmology Science Illustrated

1728 Whiston Lectures on Isaac NEWTON Astronomy Cosmology Science Illustrated

 

William Whiston was an important English historian who is remembered for his studies in mathematics, his theological commentaries and translations, and his theories on astronomy and Newtonian sciences. In the early part of the 18^th-century, Whiston gave a series of lectures on astronomy, each of which were subsequently published. In these lectures, Whiston describes his studies on longitude, navigational techniques, behavior of stars and celestial bodies, round-earth theories, lunar and solar eclipses, and laws of physics.

 

Many of these astronomical lessons were rooted in the ideas established by Isaac Newton, whom Whiston followed near religiously. A rare 1728 second edition of Whiston’s lectures on Newtonian astronomy.

 

Item number: #9951

Price: $950

 

WHISTON, William

 

Astronomical lectures, read in the publick schools at Cambridge.: By William Whiston… Whereunto is added a collection of astronomical tables; … For the use of young students in the University.

 

London: Printed for J. Senex, W. and J. Innys, J. Osborne and T. Longman, 1728.

 

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages
  • [2], 368, 134, [2]
  • Numerous illustrated figures throughout
• References: ESTC T 153187
• Language: English
• Binding: Leather; tight & secure
• Size: ~8in X 5in (20cm x 13cm)

 

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