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The authorship of the 'Liber de crepusculis' : an eleventh-century work on atmospheric refraction / A.I. Sabra.
Sabra, A. I.Date: 1994
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The astronomical origin of Ibn al-Haytham's concept of experiment / A.I. Sabra.
Sabra, A. I.Date: 1994
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The elements of the conic sections adapted to the use of students in philosophy. By the Rev. S. Vince, A.M. F.R.S. Plumian Professor of Astronomy and Experimental Philosophy in the University of Cambridge.
Vince, Samuel, 1749-1821.Date: 1800
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Hydrostatical and pneumatical lectures, by Roger Cotes, A. M. Late Professor of Astronomy and Experimental Philosophy at Cambridge. Published from the Author's original Manuscript, with notes, by Robert Smith, D. D. Late Master of Trinity College, Cambridge.
Cotes, Roger, 1682-1716.Date: M.DCC.LXXV. [1775]
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A treatise of practical geometry. In three parts. By the late Dr. David Gregory, Sometime Professor of Mathematicks in the University of Edinburgh, and afterwards Savilian Professor of Astronomy at Oxford. Translated from the Latin. With additions.
Gregory, David, 1659-1708.Date: MDCCLI. [1751]
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A treatise of practical geometry. In three parts. By the late Dr. David Gregory, Sometime Professor of Mathematicks in the University of Edinburgh, and afterwards Savilian Professor of Astronomy at Oxford. Translated from the Latin. With additions.
Gregory, David, 1659-1708.Date: M,DCC,LXI. [1761]
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Funding Smithsonian scientific research / Committee on Smithsonian Scientific Research, Board on Life Sciences, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Board on Physics and Astronomy, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, National Research Council of the National Academies.
National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Smithsonian Scientific Research.Date: [2003], ©2003
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A treatise of practical geometry. In three parts. By The late Dr. David Gregory, Sometime Professor of Mathematicks in the University of Edinburgh, and afterwards Savilian Professor of Astronomy at Oxford. Translated from the Latin; with additions.
Gregory, David, 1659-1708.Date: M.DCC.XLV. [1745]
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A treatise of practical geometry. In three parts. By the late Dr David Gregory, Sometime Professor of Mathematics in the University of Edinburgh, and afterwards Savilian Professor of Astronomy at Oxford. Translated from the Latin. With additions.
Gregory, David, 1659-1708.Date: M,DCC,LXIX. [1769]
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The credibility of Christianity vindicated, in answer to Mr. Hume's objections; in two discourses preached before the University of Cambridge. By the Rev. S. Vince, A.M. F.R.S. Plumian Professor of Astronomy and Experimental Philosophy.
Vince, Samuel, 1749-1821.Date: 1798
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A treatise of practical geometry. In three parts. By the late Dr David Gregory, Sometime Professor of Mathematicks in the University of Edinburgh, and afterwards Savilian Professor of Astronomy at Oxford. Translated from the Latin. With additions.
Gregory, David, 1659-1708.Date: M,DCC,LXIII. [1763]
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An essay on perspective. Written in French by William-James 's Gravesande, Doctor of Laws and Philosophy; Professor of Mathematicks and Astronomy at Leyden, and Fellow of the Royal Society at London. And now translated into English.
Gravesande, Willem Jacob 's, 1688-1742.Date: MDCCXXIV. [1724]
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A treatise of practical geometry. In three parts. By the Late Dr. David Gregory, some time professor of Mathematics in the University of Edinburgh, and afterwards Savilian professor of Astronomy at Oxford. (Translated from the Latin. With additions.)
Gregory, David, 1659-1708.Date: 1796
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A treatise of practical geometry. In three parts. By the late Dr. David Gregory, Some time Professor of Mathematics in the University of Edinburgh, and afterwards Savilian Professor of Astronomy at Oxford. Translated from the Latin. With additions.
Gregory, David, 1659-1708.Date: M,DCC,LXXXVII. [1787]
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Analysis of a course of lectures on natural and experimental philosophy. Viz. Astronomy, Use of the Globes, Pneumatics, Electricity, Magnetism, Chymistry, Mechanics, Hydrostatics, Hydraulics, Engineering, Fortification, Optics, &c. By A. Walker, Teacher of the Belles Lettres in Manchester.
Walker, A. (Adam), 1730 or 1731-1821.Date: MDCCLXVI. [1766]
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A treatise of practical geometry. In three parts. By the late Dr. David Gregory, Some time Professor of Mathematics in the University of Edinburgh, and afterwards Savilian Professor of Astronomy at Oxford. Translated from the Latin. With additions.
Gregory, David, 1659-1708.Date: M,DCC,LXXX. [1780]
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Heads of a course of lectures of natural and experimental philosophy, on the following interesting subjects, viz. properties of matter, mechanics, pneumatics, pneumatic chymistry, hydrostatics, optics, Electricity, Magnetism, Central Forges, and Astronomy. By Mr. John Burton, [Greek Text]
Burton, John, active 1785.Date: 1788
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An Elegy upon the much lamented death of Mr. Isaac Butler, professor of Botany and Astronomy; and successor to the late famous Doctor John Whalley, Who died in Dublin, December the 7th, 1756. Anno atatis [sic] 68.
Date: Printed in the year 1756
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Astrobiology : the quest for the conditions of life / Gerda Horneck, Christa Baumstark-Khan, eds.
Date: [2002], ©2002
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The elements of physical and geometrical astronomy. By David Gregory, M. D. late Savilian Professor of Astronomy at Oxford, and Fellow of the Royal Society. Done into English, with additions and corrections. The second edition. To which is annex'd, Dr. Halley's synopsis of the astronomy of comets. The whole newly revised, and compared with the Latin, and corrected throughout, by Edmund Stone, F. R. S. In two volumes. ...
Gregory, David, 1659-1708.Date: MDCCXXVI. [1726]
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Analysis of a course of lectures on natural and experimental philosophy. Viz. Astronomy, Use of the Globes, Pneumatics, Electricity, Magnetism, Chemistry, Mechanics, Hydrostatics, Hydraulics, Engineering, Fortification, Optics, &c. Second edition. By A. Walker, Teacher of the Belles Lettres in Manchester.
Walker, A. (Adam), 1730 or 1731-1821.Date: [1771?]
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A compendium of a course of lectures on natural and experimental philosophy. Viz. Properties of Matter and Magnetism. Chemistry. Hydrostatics. Hydraulics. Optics. Electricity. Fortification. Mechanics. Astronomy, &c. To which are added notes and demonstrations, Poetical Extracts, &c. By I. Atkinson.
Atkinson, I.Date: MDCCLXXXIV. [1784]
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An easy introduction to astronomy, for young gentlemen and ladies: describing The Figure, Motions, and Dimensions of the Earth; the different Seasons; Gravity and Light; the Solar System; the Transit of Venus, and its Use in Astronomy; the Moon's Motion and Phases; the Eclipses of the Sun and Moon; the Cause of the Ebbing and Flowing of the Sea, &c. By James Ferguson, F. R. S.
Ferguson, James, 1710-1776.Date: MDCCXC. [1790]
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An easy introduction to astronomy, for young gentlemen and ladies: describing the figure, motions, and dimensions of the earth; the different Seasons; Gravity and Light; the Solar System; the Transit of Venus, and its Use in Astronomy; the Moon's Motion and Phases; the Eclipses of the Sun and Moon; the Cause of the Ebbing and Flowing of the Sea, &c. The fourth edition. Illustrated with copper-plates. By James Ferguson, F. R. S.
Ferguson, James, 1710-1776.Date: MDCCLXXIX. [1779]
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An easy introduction to astronomy, for young gentlemen and ladies: describing the figure, motions, and dimensions of the earth; the different Seasons; Gravity and Light; the Solar System; the Transit of Venus, and its Use in Astronomy; the Moon's Motion and Phases; the Eclipses of the Sun and Moon; the Cause of the Ebbing and Flowing of the Sea, &c. The third edition. Illustrated With Copper-Plates. By James Ferguson, F. R. S.
Ferguson, James, 1710-1776.Date: MDCCLXXII. [1772]

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The authorship of the 'Liber de crepusculis' : an eleventh-century work on atmospheric refraction / A.I. Sabra.

The astronomical origin of Ibn al-Haytham's concept of experiment / A.I. Sabra.

The elements of the conic sections adapted to the use of students in philosophy. By the Rev. S. Vince, A.M. F.R.S. Plumian Professor of Astronomy and Experimental Philosophy in the University of Cambridge.

Hydrostatical and pneumatical lectures, by Roger Cotes, A. M. Late Professor of Astronomy and Experimental Philosophy at Cambridge. Published from the Author's original Manuscript, with notes, by Robert Smith, D. D. Late Master of Trinity College, Cambridge.

A treatise of practical geometry. In three parts. By the late Dr. David Gregory, Sometime Professor of Mathematicks in the University of Edinburgh, and afterwards Savilian Professor of Astronomy at Oxford. Translated from the Latin. With additions.

A treatise of practical geometry. In three parts. By the late Dr. David Gregory, Sometime Professor of Mathematicks in the University of Edinburgh, and afterwards Savilian Professor of Astronomy at Oxford. Translated from the Latin. With additions.

Funding Smithsonian scientific research / Committee on Smithsonian Scientific Research, Board on Life Sciences, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Board on Physics and Astronomy, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, National Research Council of the National Academies.

A treatise of practical geometry. In three parts. By The late Dr. David Gregory, Sometime Professor of Mathematicks in the University of Edinburgh, and afterwards Savilian Professor of Astronomy at Oxford. Translated from the Latin; with additions.

A treatise of practical geometry. In three parts. By the late Dr David Gregory, Sometime Professor of Mathematics in the University of Edinburgh, and afterwards Savilian Professor of Astronomy at Oxford. Translated from the Latin. With additions.

The credibility of Christianity vindicated, in answer to Mr. Hume's objections; in two discourses preached before the University of Cambridge. By the Rev. S. Vince, A.M. F.R.S. Plumian Professor of Astronomy and Experimental Philosophy.

A treatise of practical geometry. In three parts. By the late Dr David Gregory, Sometime Professor of Mathematicks in the University of Edinburgh, and afterwards Savilian Professor of Astronomy at Oxford. Translated from the Latin. With additions.

An essay on perspective. Written in French by William-James 's Gravesande, Doctor of Laws and Philosophy; Professor of Mathematicks and Astronomy at Leyden, and Fellow of the Royal Society at London. And now translated into English.

A treatise of practical geometry. In three parts. By the Late Dr. David Gregory, some time professor of Mathematics in the University of Edinburgh, and afterwards Savilian professor of Astronomy at Oxford. (Translated from the Latin. With additions.)

A treatise of practical geometry. In three parts. By the late Dr. David Gregory, Some time Professor of Mathematics in the University of Edinburgh, and afterwards Savilian Professor of Astronomy at Oxford. Translated from the Latin. With additions.

Analysis of a course of lectures on natural and experimental philosophy. Viz. Astronomy, Use of the Globes, Pneumatics, Electricity, Magnetism, Chymistry, Mechanics, Hydrostatics, Hydraulics, Engineering, Fortification, Optics, &c. By A. Walker, Teacher of the Belles Lettres in Manchester.

A treatise of practical geometry. In three parts. By the late Dr. David Gregory, Some time Professor of Mathematics in the University of Edinburgh, and afterwards Savilian Professor of Astronomy at Oxford. Translated from the Latin. With additions.

Heads of a course of lectures of natural and experimental philosophy, on the following interesting subjects, viz. properties of matter, mechanics, pneumatics, pneumatic chymistry, hydrostatics, optics, Electricity, Magnetism, Central Forges, and Astronomy. By Mr. John Burton, [Greek Text]

An Elegy upon the much lamented death of Mr. Isaac Butler, professor of Botany and Astronomy; and successor to the late famous Doctor John Whalley, Who died in Dublin, December the 7th, 1756. Anno atatis [sic] 68.

Astrobiology : the quest for the conditions of life / Gerda Horneck, Christa Baumstark-Khan, eds.