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.
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M,DCC,LXXXII. [1782]
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London : printed for John Jones, at his Shop, No. 135, near Furnivals-Inn, Holborn, M,DCC,LXXXII. [1782]

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27,[1]p. ; 80.

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ESTC T62586

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