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Wilhelm Schickard, 1592-1635 : Astronom, Geograph, Orientalist, Erfinder d. Rechenmaschine / herausgegeben von Friedrich Seck.
Date: 1978- Archives and manuscripts
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M0002756: Portrait of James Gregory (1638-1675)
Date: 07 January 1932Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/23/25Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive- Books
Chinese astronomical clockwork / Joseph Needham, Wang Ling, Derek J. Price.
Needham, Joseph, 1900-1995.Date: [1956?]- Books
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An essay towards the history of the principal comets that have appeared since the year 1742 ; including a particular detail of the return of the famous comet of 1682 in 1759, according to the calculation and prediction of Dr. Halley / compiled from the observations of the most eminent astronomers of this century ; with remarks and reflections upon the present comet ; to which is prefixed by way of introduction a letter upon comets, addressed to a lady by the late M. de Maupertuis. Written in the year 1742.
Burney, Charles, 1726-1814.Date: 1769- Pictures
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Astronomy: the astronomer Sidrophel, using a telescope, misidentifies a kite as a comet. Etching by W. Hogarth, ca. 1721.
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.Date: 1721Reference: 46336i- Books
Nicolas-Louis De La Caille, astronomer and geodesist / I.S. Glass.
Glass, I. S. (Ian S.)Date: 2013- Books
Nevil Maskelyne : the seaman's astronomer / Derek Howse ; with a foreword by Sir Francis Graham Smith.
Howse, Derek.Date: 1989- Books
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The copernicus explain'd: or a brief account of the nature and use of an universal astronomical instrument, for the calculation and exhibition of new and full moons, and of eclipses, both Solar and Lunar; with the Places Heliocentrical and Geocentrical of all the Planets, Primary and Secondary, &c. By William Whiston, M. A. Sometime Professor of the Mathematicks in the University of Cambridge.
Whiston, William, 1667-1752.Date: 1715- Books
Simon Bredon (c. 1300-1372), physician, mathematician and astronomer / by C.H. Talbot.
Talbot, C. H. (Charles Holwell)Date: 1962- Books
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A proposal for measuring the attraction of some hill in this kingdom by astronomical observations. By the Rev. Nevil Maskelyne, B. D. F. R. S. and Astronomer Royal. Read at the Royal Society, in the year 1772.
Maskelyne, Nevil, 1732-1811.Date: Printed in the year MDCCLXXVI. [1776]- Digital Images
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Sidereus, nuncius magna longeqve admirabilia spectacula...
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M0003275: Brass rubbing plate of Duncan Liddel (1561-1613)
Date: 28 November 1932Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/26/82Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive- Archives and manuscripts
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M0004112: Portrait of Petrus Alfonsus (1062-1140)
Date: 20 December 1934Reference: WT/D/1/20/1/33/59Part of: Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive- Books
Australian astronomer, John Tebbutt : the life and world of the man on the / Ragbir Bhathal.
Bhathal, R. S.Date: 1993- Books
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The description and uses of the celestial and terrestrial globes, and of Collins's pocket-quadrant / By John Harris.
Harris, John, 1667?-1719.Date: 1710- Pictures
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Astronomy: an observatory telescope, with an astronomer recording the transit of Venus. Engraving by James Basire.
Reference: 46262i- Books
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The method of dividing astronomical instruments. By Mr. John Bird, mathematical instrument-maker, in the Strand. Published by order of the Commissioners of Longitude.
Bird, John, 1709-1776.Date: MDCCLXVII. [1767]- Books
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The method of dividing astronomical instruments. By Mr. John Bird, mathematical instrument-maker, in the Strand. Published by order of the Commissioners of Longitude.
Bird, John, 1709-1776.Date: MDCCLXVII. [1767]- Books
Union catalogue of printed books of the XV and XVI centuries in astronomical European observatories / compiled by Giovanna Grassi.
Grassi, Giovanna.Date: 1977- Pictures
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Astronomy: a large aerial (tubeless) telescope, in use by an astronomer. Engraving, 1757, after Ph. de La Hire.
Date: [1757]Reference: 46253i- Digital Images
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Clavicula, in Italian and Latin: preceded by 'Tre tavole di Livio Agrippa' (Three works by Livio Agrippa). c.1775
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Clavicula, in Italian and Latin: preceded by 'Tre tavole di Livio Agrippa' (Three works by Livio Agrippa). c.1775
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Clavicula, in Italian and Latin: preceded by 'Tre tavole di Livio Agrippa' (Three works by Livio Agrippa). c.1775
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Clavicula, in Italian and Latin: preceded by 'Tre tavole di Livio Agrippa' (Three works by Livio Agrippa). c.1775
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Clavicula, in Italian and Latin: preceded by 'Tre tavole di Livio Agrippa' (Three works by Livio Agrippa). c.1775