1814 Ferguson Physics ATLAS Inventions Astronomy Isaac Newton Optics Brewster

1814 Ferguson Physics ATLAS Inventions Astronomy Isaac Newton Optics Brewster

James Ferguson was a prominent Scottish physicist and astronomer known for his lectures and studies on mechanics, hydraulics, optics, and astronomy. These public lectures on experimental philosophy and physics were repeated throughout various towns in England and eventually transcribed for publishing.

This 1814 printing of the lectures of Ferguson includes impressive, folding engravings depicting mechanical inventions, gears, optics, hydraulics, clocks, and globes.

Item number: #40107

Price: $750

FERGUSON, James ; BREWSTER, David [edit.] ; PATTERSON, Robert [edit.]

Plates illustrating a new edition of Ferguson’s lectures on mechanics, hydrostatics, hydraulics, pneumatics, optics, geography, astronomy, and dialling.

Philadelphia : M. Carey, 1814.

Details:

• Collation: Complete
  • 48 engraved plates
• Language: English
• Binding: Leather; tight and secure
• Size: ~8.75in X 5.5in (22.5cm x 14cm)

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