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Solar eclipses during the Former Han period / Homer H. Dubs.
Dubs, Homer H.Date: 1938- Books
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The calculation of solar eclipses without parallaxes. With a specimen of the same in the total eclipse of the sun, May 11. 1724. Now first made Publick. To which is added, A Proposal how, with the Latitude given, the Geographical Longitude of all the Parts of the Earth may be settled by the bare Knowledge of the Duration of Solar Eclipses, and especially of Total Darkness. With An Account of some late Observations made with Dipping Needles, in order to discover the Longitude and Latitude at Sea. By Will. Whiston, M. A. Sometime Professor of the Mathematicks in the University of Cambridge.
Whiston, William, 1667-1752.Date: 1724- 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
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A companion, or supplement, to the ladies' diary, for the year 1790. Containing calculations and types of the eclipses of this year; and a curious List of all the Solar Eclipses visible till the Year 2000. With many additional Solutions to the Enigmas, Rebuses, Charades, Queries, and Questions, for which there was not room in the Diary itself; with some New Rebuses, Charades, Queries and Mathematical Questions, to be answered next year. By the Diary author.
Hutton, Charles, 1737-1823.Date: 1789]- Books
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Prodromos ekleipsis. Being a philosophical dissertation on the doctrine of eclipses. Explaining the physical cause thereof in each luminary. With a Perfect Account of the Time, Quantity, and Manner of Appearance of those very remarkable Eclipses that will happen on September the 9th, and February the 18th, next. Also a few words on the Pythagorean system; Wherein is demonstrated the Heliocentrick and Geocentrick Motions of the Planets, and the true Cause of their Retrogradation; particularly the Planet Mercury, at the Middle of the great Solar Eclipse. With an enquiry into the nature and laws of comets; And whether we may expect the speedy Appearance Of One. By Thomas Frankz, M.D.
Frankz, Thomas.Date: MDCCXXXVI. 1736- Books
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The coelestial diary: or, An ephemeris for the year of Our Blessed Saviour's incarnation 1743. Being the third after bissextile, or leap-year, and from the creation of the world, according to the best of history, 5692 years. Wherein is contained the motions, aspects, and operations of the planets; with observations on the eclipses and Solar ingresses; with other remarkable passages, as the moon's southing, sun and moon's rising and setting, and monthly observations, in a poetical manner, the like not extant, &c. Calculated according to art, and referred to the meridian of the middle of Great Britain, fitting the whole monarchy without sensible error. The twenty fifth impression. By Salem Pearse, student in physick and the cœlestial sciences.
Pearse, Salem, active 1719.Date: [1743]- Books
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The doctrine of eclipses, both solar and lunar; containing short and easy precepts for computing solar and lunar eclipses. The general and geographical phænomena of solar eclipses. for Any Particular Place, with or without Parallaxes, Fully and Clearly Explained, from the Latest Discoveries and Improvements; whereby Any Person of a Moderate Capacity may be Able in a Short Time to Solve those Grand and Sublime Astronomical Prolembs. With correct astronomical tables from a manuscript copy of the Tabulæ Dunelmenses, fitted to the meridian of Greenwich. By Blith Hancock, Teacher of the Mathematics.
Hancock, Blyth, 1721 or 1722-1795.Date: M.DCC.LXXXII. [1782]- Books
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The use of the sector, in the construction of solar eclipses. Wherein, as a proper example, is contained, the construction of the great eclipse, which will happen May 11. 1724. For London, Edenburgh, Rome, and Genoa.
Date: 1721- Books
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The use of the sector, in the construction of solar eclipses. Wherein, as a proper example, is contained, the construction of the great eclipse, which will happen May 11.1724. For London, Edenburgh, Rome, and Genoa.
Date: 1721- Pictures
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Astronomy: a map showing the paths of several eighteenth century eclipses over England. Engraving, 1787.
Date: 1 July 1787Reference: 46470i- Books
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Institutions of astronomical calculations: Containing, I. A new set of Solar tables for computing the sun's true place, by Mr. Tobias Mayer, who verified every element thereof by his own observations. II. A new set of lunar tables, calculated from the Theory of Universal Gravitation, of an intire new form, and the most commodious for astronomical calculations, and verified by 200 observations; from the second quarto edition at Paris, 1765, by the Late celebrated Mr. Clairaut, fellow of the Royal Academies of Sciences of Paris, London, Petersbourg, Berlin, Bologne, and Upsal. III. A general exposition or rationale of the nature, construction, and use of astronomical tables, and of the precepts of calculation in solar and lunar eclipses, with the doctrine of shadows, and their delineation on the surface of the Earth, considered both as a sphere and a spheroid; a work intirely new, illustrated with three large copper plates. Vol. III. Part I. By Benjamin Martin.
Martin, Benjamin, 1705-1782.Date: M.DCC.LXV. [1765]- Pictures
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Astronomy: the corona of the sun, viewed during a total solar eclipse. Process print after a photograph, 1842.
Date: 1842Reference: 46228i- Ephemera
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Just published, (price 2 s.) curiously engraved, and printed on a sheet and half of fine elephant paper : a new method of representing the general geography of solar eclipses, exemplified in a specimen of that which is to happen on the 18th of February next.
Date: [1737?]- Books
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The method of the observations to be made at the solar eclipse, April 22d, 1715.
Date: 1715]- Pictures
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Astronomy: a diagram of an eclipse. Engraving by Seale.
Reference: 46227i- Books
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Astronomical tables and precepts, for calculating the true times of new and full moons, and shewing the method of projecting eclipses, from the creation of the world to A.D. 7800. To which is prefixed, a short theory of the solar and lunar motions. By James Ferguson.
Ferguson, James, 1710-1776.Date: MDCCLXIII. [1763]- Books
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The description and use of the astronomical rotula. Shewing The Change and Age of the Moon, the Motions and Places of the Sun, Moon, and Nodes in the Ecliptic; with the Times and Phases of all the Solar and Lunar Eclipses. By James Ferguson, F.R.S.
Ferguson, James, 1710-1776.Date: Printed in the Year MDCCLXXV. [1775]- Books
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A treatise of eclipses of the sun and moon for thirty-five years, commencing anno 1715, ending 1749 : containing the beginning, middle and ending, the digits eclipsed together, with the types of those that will be visible at London, with the general times of the solar eclipses, and the limits of the shade of the moon determined to which are added, the calculations of the times of the transits of Venus and Mercury over the sun, with the types thereof, for seventy-nine years and the conjunctions of Jupiter and Saturn, to the year 1821 / by Charles Leadbetter.
Leadbetter, Charles, active 1728.Date: 1731- Archives and manuscripts
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Essay on the Solar Eclipse
Date: 1939Reference: HALDANE/2/1/3/11Part of: Haldane Papers- Books
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News from the stars, or, An ephemeris for the year 1697 : observations upon the eclipses, solar ingresses and configurations of heaven happening therein : being the first since the bissextile, or leap-year ... / by William Andrews.
Andrews, William, approximately 1635-1713Date: 1697- Books
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The description and use of a new portable orrery; shewing, by a most simple construction, the motions of the Earth and moon, round the sun, from whence the Nature and Causes of the vicissitudes of the Seasons, Days, and Nights, Solar and Lunar Eclipses, &c. are clearly explained. To which is prefixed, A short Account of the Solar System, or the true System of the World. By William Jones.
Jones, William, 1763-1831.Date: M,DCC,LXXXII. [1782]- Books
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News from the stars, or, An ephemeris for the year, 1686 : with observations upon the eclipses, solar ingresses, and configurations of heaven happening therein, being the second since the bissextile or leap-year, and from the creation of the world 5635 years ... / by William Andrews.
Andrews, William, approximately 1635-1713Date: 1686- Archives and manuscripts
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Letter from Francis Galton Describing a Solar Eclipse
Date: 19 Jul 1860Reference: GALTON/1/2/4/6Part of: Galton Papers- Books
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News from the stars, or, An ephemeris for the year, 1685 : with astrological judgements upon the eclipses, solar ingresses, and configurations of heaven happening therein : being the first since the bissextile or leap-year, and from the creation of the world 5634 years ... / by William Andrews.
Andrews, William, approximately 1635-1713Date: 1685- Books
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News from the stars, or, An ephemeris for the year, 1687 : with observations upon the eclipses, solar ingresses, and configurations of heaven happening therein : being the third since the bissextile or leap-year, and from the creation of the world 5636 years ... / by William Andrews.
Andrews, William, approximately 1635-1713Date: 1686