Astronomical Lectures, Read in the Publick Schools at Cambridge.
by Whiston, William
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- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine
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About This Item
New York: Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1972 Hard cover, 8vo., pp xxxiv 1-368 1-134. In publisher's gray cloth binding with gold lettering to spine. Condition: Near Fine. Facsimile of the original 1728 edition. *** William Whiston (1667 - 1752) was an English mathematician, who succeeded Sir Isaac Newton as Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge in 1702. Whiston was also an ordained minister, and was rector of Lowestoft from 1698-1699. He was a Boyle lecturer in 1707, in which position he defended the position of biblical literalism. In 1710 he was expelled from the university because of his religious views, in particular his denial of the doctrine of the Trinity, saying it had pagan origins. *** The book contains lectures discussing the movement of the planets, eclipses, and measurements. It is illustrated throughout and contains a section of tables at the end. . Hard Cover. Near Fine.
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- Dark and Stormy Night Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- Astronomical Lectures, Read in the Publick Schools at Cambridge.
- Author
- Whiston, William
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Publisher
- Johnson Reprint Corporation
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1972
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