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The English globe : being a stabil and immobil one, performing what the ordinary globes do, and much more / invented and described by the Right Honorable, the Earl of Castlemaine ; and now publish't by Joseph Moxon.
Castlemaine, Roger Palmer, Earl of, 1634-1705Date: 1679- Books
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A synopsis of the planisphere of the earth, and of the map of Europe, in which the situation and extent of the primary divisions of the globe, and the empires, kingdoms, States, and Republicks of Europe, with their Number, Boundaries, Extent, Degrees of Latitude, &c. in the aggregate and separately, are obtained by inspection; together with the description and use of the globes. Intended, by the author, as a useful appendix to her introduction to geography and astronomy. By Eliza Thomson, (late Cumyns,) of Brompton.
Thomson, Eliza.Date: M,DCC,LXXXVIII. [1788]- Books
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Proposals, by Coll. William Parsons, and Tho. Tuttell, hydrographer and mathematical instrument-maker to the King's most excellent Majesty.
Parsons, William, 1658-1725?Date: 1735?]- Books
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A tutor to astronomy and geography. Or, an easie and speedy way to know the use of both the globes, celestial and terrestrial : In six books. The 1. Teaching the rudiments of astronomy and geography. ... More fully and amply than hath yet been set forth, either by Gemma Frisius, Metius, Hues, Wright, Blaew, or any others ... With an appendix shewing the use of the Ptolomaick sphere. The fifth edition corrected and enlarged. By Joseph Moxon. Whereunto is added the antient poetical stories of the stars; shewing reasons why the several shapes and forms are pictured on the Cœlestial globe. As also a discourse of the antiquity, progress and augmentation of astronomy.
Moxon, Joseph, 1627-1691Date: MDCXCVIII. [1698]- Books
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A treatise describing and explaining the construction and use of new celestial and terrestrial globes. Designed to illustrate, In the most Easy and Natural Manner, the phoenomena of the earth and heavens, And to shew the Correspondence of the Two Spheres. With a great Variety of Astronomical and Geographical Problems occasionally interspersed. By George Adams, Mathematical Instrument-Maker to His Majesty.
Adams, George, 1709-1772.Date: M.DCC.LXVI. [1766]