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a case for the stars
a beautiful book about a truly creative man.I wish I had halfhis talent!

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I think I have every Cornell book ever written, and this is still another interesting take on the enigma.It is a view of a small slice of what he did.Each book serves to remind the reader how he created and formed a unique way of making art and that every single box construction done since his work has to be compared to his incredible eye. ... Read more

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This book explores how astronomy and power were linked in the early Roman Empire. This is achieved by careful study of the Fasti by the Roman poet Ovid--a poem about the Roman calendar that contains many references to and stories about the stars. The author does not study Ovid's stars by using the techniques of mathematical astronomy but aims to combine the methodology of recent genre-based readings with a broad cultural perspective. ... Read more

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The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars.
Medical theory and practice of the 1700s developed rapidly, as is evidenced by the extensive collection, which includes descriptions of diseases, their conditions, and treatments. Books on science and technology, agriculture, military technology, natural philosophy, even cookbooks, are all contained here.
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T061469

In two parts, the first having seven final advertisement leaves; and the second is 'The description and explanation of mathematical instruments', "printed for J. Moxon, and Tho. Tuttell", 1701, with separate pagination and register.

London : printed for J. Moxon and Tho. Tuttell, 1700 [1701]. [24],192,[14];[4],22p.,plates ; 8° ... Read more

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Amateur astronomers have to start somewhere. Most begin by buying a modest astronomical telescope and getting to know the night sky. After a while, many want to move on to the next stage, but this can be problematic. The magazines advertise a mass of commercially-made equipment – some of it very expensive – which can represent a major financial outlay. The trick is to choose the right equipment, and then use it to its fullest extent.

Observing Skills: The Science and Art of using Astronomical Telescopes provides the required information. First, it explains how to get the best from entry-level equipment (that upgrade may not even be needed for a year or two!). Second, it explains how to select equipment that is at the ‘next level’, and describes how use more advanced telescopes and accessories.

The book is organized according to observational targets, and although it concentrates mainly on visual observing, it concludes with a section on imaging and the equipment currently available – from regular digital cameras, through webcams, to specialized chilled-chip CCD cameras.

Observing Skills: The Science and Art of using Astronomical Telescopes is the perfect follow-up to Moore and Watson: Astronomy with a Budget Telescope and Tonkin: AstroFAQs . It neatly fills the gap between these introductory books and the more advanced books in Springer’s Practical Astronomy list.

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A good solid book on about how to do things with your telescope
Really enjoyed this book.It is very readable, with enough humorous twists to keep me reading almost straight through.This is a quality book throughout with lots of "how-to's" in it.I am glad that I made the purchase.

This is an intermediate book that assumes you know at least a little about telescopes and astronomy.Many good pictures.Made with quality materials. ... Read more

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Includes step-by-step instructions for creating space-related pictures using bits and pieces of common household items. ... Read more

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EARLY DOCUMENTS OF LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS. Imagine holding history in your hands. Now you can. Digitally preserved and previously accessible only through libraries as Early English Books Online, this rare material is now available in single print editions. Thousands of books written between 1475 and 1700 can be delivered to your doorstep in individual volumes of high quality historical reproductions. The evolution of English and foreign languages is documented in these original texts studying and recording early philology from the study of a variety of languages including Greek, Latin and Chinese, as well as multilingual volumes, to current slang and obscure words. Translations from Latin, Hebrew and Aramaic, grammar treatises and even dictionaries and guides to translation make this collection rich in cultures from around the world.

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Enquiries touching the diversity of languages, and religions, through the chiefe parts of the world. VVritten by Edvv. Brerevvood lately professour of astronomy in Gresham Colledge in London
Brerewood, Edward, 1565?-1613.
Brerewood, Robert, Sir, 1588-1654.
Editor's dedication signed: Rob. Brerevvood.
[24], 203, [1] p.
London : Printed by Iohn Norton, for Ioyce Norton, and Richard Whitaker, at the Kings Armes in St. Pauls Church-yard, 1635.
STC (2nd ed.) / 3621
English
Reproduction of the original in the Cambridge University Library ... Read more

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EARLY DOCUMENTS OF LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS. Imagine holding history in your hands. Now you can. Digitally preserved and previously accessible only through libraries as Early English Books Online, this rare material is now available in single print editions. Thousands of books written between 1475 and 1700 can be delivered to your doorstep in individual volumes of high quality historical reproductions. The evolution of English and foreign languages is documented in these original texts studying and recording early philology from the study of a variety of languages including Greek, Latin and Chinese, as well as multilingual volumes, to current slang and obscure words. Translations from Latin, Hebrew and Aramaic, grammar treatises and even dictionaries and guides to translation make this collection rich in cultures from around the world.

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Enquiries touching the diuersity of languages, and religions, through the chiefe parts of the world. VVritten by Edvv. Brerevvood lately professour of astronomy in Gresham Colledge in London
Brerewood, Edward, 1565?-1613.
Brerewood, Robert, Sir, 1588-1654.
Editor's dedication signed: Rob. Brerevvood.
[24], 203, [1] p.
London : Printed by Iohn Bill, M.DC.XXII. [1622]
STC (2nd ed.) / 3619
English
Reproduction of the original in the Cambridge University Library ... Read more

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EARLY DOCUMENTS OF LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS. Imagine holding history in your hands. Now you can. Digitally preserved and previously accessible only through libraries as Early English Books Online, this rare material is now available in single print editions. Thousands of books written between 1475 and 1700 can be delivered to your doorstep in individual volumes of high quality historical reproductions. The evolution of English and foreign languages is documented in these original texts studying and recording early philology from the study of a variety of languages including Greek, Latin and Chinese, as well as multilingual volumes, to current slang and obscure words. Translations from Latin, Hebrew and Aramaic, grammar treatises and even dictionaries and guides to translation make this collection rich in cultures from around the world.

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Enquiries touching the diuersity of languages, and religions through the cheife parts of the world. Written by Edw. Brerewood lately professor of astronomy in Gresham Colledge in London
Brerewood, Edward, 1565?-1613.
Brerewood, Robert, Sir, 1588-1654.
Editor's dedication signed: Rob. Brerevvood.
Printer's name from STC.
Leaf R4 is a cancel.
The last leaf is blank.
[24], 198, [2] p.
London : Printed [at Eliot's Court Press] for Iohn Bill, 1614.
STC (2nd ed.) / 3618
English
Reproduction of the original in the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery ... Read more

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Title: Catalogue No. 209 Comprising an Important Private Library, Incunabula in Fine Old Bindings, Early Manuscripts, Americana, Art, Astronomy, Bibles, Czechish, French and German Sixteenth Century Books, Botany, Books on Horses, Judaica, Old Medical Books, Mining, Music and Dance, Mystics, Theology, Tournaments and Arms Publisher: Vienna : Gilhofer ... Read more

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When working in the highly technical fields of astronomy andthe related space sciences, the practitioner is constantly confrontedwith a baffling array of different abbreviations, acronyms,contractions, and symbols. The identification and differentiation ofthese terms is a task which, all too often, can prove to be a nearimpossible one. With over 140,000 separate dictionary-style entries, and over 20 yearsin collation, StarBriefs 2001 represents the most comprehensiveand accurately validated collection of abbreviations, acronyms,contractions, and symbols within astronomy, related space sciences andother related fields. As such, this invaluable reference source (andits companion volume, StarGuides 2001 should be on the referenceshelf of every library, organisation or individual with any interestin these areas. Besides astronomy and space sciences, related fields such asaeronautics, aeronomy, astronautics, atmospheric sciences, chemistry,communications, computer sciences, data processing, education,electronics, engineering, energetics, environmental, geodesy,geophysics, information handling, management, mathematics,meteorology, optics, physics, remote sensing, and so on, are alsocovered when justified. In addition, there are separate sectionsdevoted to Greek letters, mathematical symbols, special signs andcharacters, as well as to entries with a numerical prefix. Finally,terms in common use and/or of general interest have also been includedwhere appropriate. ... Read more

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The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars.
Western literary study flows out of eighteenth-century works by Alexander Pope, Daniel Defoe, Henry Fielding, Frances Burney, Denis Diderot, Johann Gottfried Herder, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, and others. Experience the birth of the modern novel, or compare the development of language using dictionaries and grammar discourses.
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British Library

T231669

Erra Pater is a pseudonym.

London : printed for R. Chiswel, B[enjamin]. W[alford]. and G. Conyers, [1712?]. 47, [1] p. ; ill. ; 8° ... Read more