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January 1773. Description of a new universal equatoreal, made by Mr. J. Ramsden, with the method of adjusting it for observation.
Ramsden, J. (Jesse), 1735-1800.Date: 1773]- Books
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Observatio satellitum Jovis per telescopium, ope machinulæ quæ et observatorem et telescopium portat in mari possibilis. Possibilisque in mari. Demonstrativa Illatio de Longitudine Meridianorum Ex observatione Eclipsium Satellitum Jovis. Exque observatione Stellae cujusdam fixae absque Pendulorum usu. Authore Joh. Petr. Biestero, M.D.
Biester, Johann Peter.Date: 1726- Books
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Two essays on the nature and wonderful properties of Island Crystal. Essay I. Containing, all that has been hitherto delivered in regard to its form, dimensions, and double refraction of light; with the addition of several new experiments with polished parallelopipeds and prisms made of this substance, which discover a various, multiple, and colorific refraction; and exhibit a variety of images of one and the same object. To which is subjoined, a computation of the magnifying power of reflecting telescopes; and a table thereof, from 6 inches to 12 feet in length. The whole illustrated with copper plate figures. By Benjamin Martin.
Martin, Benjamin, 1705-1782.Date: [1774?]- Books
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An essay on the genuine construction of a standard microscope and telescope: With the application of a prismatic or catadioptric eye-piece to refracting and reflecting telescopes, by which their lengths are much contracted, their fields of view encreased, and their uses greatly facilitated; particularly in the reflector of Cassegrain's form for celestial observations. By B. Martin.
Martin, Benjamin, 1705-1782.Date: MDCCLXXVI. [1776]- Books
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Description d'un nouvel instrument, appellé Equatorial universel, fait par M. J. Ramsden à Londres, avec la Manìcre de l'ajuster pour s'en servir. ...
Ramsden, J. (Jesse), 1735-1800.Date: 1773]