“An” Introduction To The Use Of Globes, And The Orrery: With the Application of Astronomy to Chronology: Adapted to the Instruction and Entertainment of Such Persons as are Not Previously Versed in Mathematic Science ; With an Appendix, Attempting to Explain the Account of the First and Forth Days Work of Creation in the First Chapter of GenesisJ. Nours ... J. Oswald ... and J. Buckland, 1747 - 168 pages |
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