18th Century Book Of Astronomy

1771 Astronomy Navigation George Fisher The Instructor Companion Mathematics George Fisher’s ‘The Instructor’ is an 18th-century book of knowledge designed to provide young students a reference

1796 Memoria Technica Richard Grey Memory Mnemonic Devices Astronomy Geography Richard Grey was an 18th-century English archdeacon who wrote a book entitled ‘Memoria Technica’, a book for which he

1739 BOSTON Colonial Almanack New England Nathaniel Ames Astronomy Diary RARE Nathaniel Ames was an 18th-century colonial American best known for his series of almanacs published in Boston. These alma

1781 ISAAC NEWTON Astronomy Cosmology Optics Illustrated Telescopes Philosophia Benjamin Martin was an important 18th-century scholar who compiled dictionaries and encyclopedias, and was best-known fo

1774 Astronomy Navigation Mathematics Moon Telescope Newton Illustrated Lalande Jerome Lalande was an 18th-century French astronomer who is best remembered for his contributions to the legibility of a

1739 Astronomy Galileo Telescope Illustrated Zodiac MAPS Optics Pluche Noël-Antoine Pluche was an early 18th-century French priest and historian who is most remembered today for his landmark work of

1742 Astronomy Galileo Telescope Illustrated Zodiac MAPS Optics Phoenicia Pluche Noël-Antoine Pluche was an early 18th-century French priest and historian who is most remembered today for his land ma

1742 Astronomy Galileo Telescope Illustrated Zodiac MAPS Optics Phoenicia Pluche Noël-Antoine Pluche was an early 18th-century French priest and historian who is most remembered today for his land ma

1743 1ed Astronomy Rivard Treaty of Sphere Moon Calendar Navigation Philosophy Dominique-François Rivard was an 18th-century philosopher who published several treatises on scientific topics incl

1712 Japanese Encyclopedia Astronomy Heaven Terajima Wakan Sansai Zue Kyoto A rare, 18th century Japanese woodblock print of Wakan Sansai Zue written by Ryouan Terashima or Terajima, a doctor from Osa

1776 Valmont Bomare Natural Science Dictionary Animals Meteors Astronomy Jacques-Christophe Valmont de Bomare was an 18th-century French naturalist whose encyclopedia on natural history was highly inf

1747 Fortunati da Brescia Sensuum Mechanica Astronomy Physics Illustrated Fortunato da Brescia was an 18th-century was an Italian Francisican mathematician known primarily for his work “Philosophia

1776 ASTRONOMY Aurora Borealis MAGIC Lanterns Horology Spectacle Occult Nature In the second half of the 18th-century, Joseph Kurzbock published a recurring German periodical – the “Schauplatz der

1776 Valmont Bomare Natural Science Dictionary Animals Meteors Astronomy Jacques-Christophe Valmont de Bomare was an 18th-century French naturalist whose encyclopedia on natural history was highly inf

1792 Johann Bode ASTRONOMY Bodes Law Planet Motion Uranus German Constellations Johann Elert Bode was an 18th-century German astronomer who helped identify characteristics of the planet Uranus. His fi

1749 Astronomy Cosmology Optics Illustrated Philosophical Grammar Benj Martin Benjamin Martin was an important 18th-century scholar who compiled dictionaries and encyclopedias, and was best-known for

1794 1d Adam Geography Astronomy VOYAGES Columbus Cortez Isaac Newton Egypt Rome Alexander Adam was an 18th-century Scottish author whose works focused on the history of Rome and ancient geography. Pe

1743 1ed Astronomy Rivard Treaty of Sphere Moon Calendar Navigation Philosophy Dominique-François Rivard was an 18th-century philosopher who published several treatises on scientific topics incl

1786 SYLVA 1ed Ralph Heathcote Anecdotes LAW Philosophy Paracelsus Letters Ralph Heathcote was an 18th-century English writer known for his studies in astronomy, history, the early Church, and even at

1803 Japanese Astronomy Fortune Telling Zodiac Stars Illustrated Occult Sciences An interesting Edo woodblock-print of ‘Needed Family Minister’ from the early 18th century written by Tokei Matsuur

1798 History of Greece Athens Trojan Greek WAR Astronomy Olympics Mitford William Mitford was an 18th-century English historian primarily known for his work ‘History of Greece’. Later in his life,

1756 SCIENCE 1ed Expilly Polychrography Astronomy Geography ROME Popes Jean-Joseph Expilly was an 18th-century French geography and historian who published numerous works on cosmography, history of Br

1777 Bailly Letters to Voltaire Astronomy Origins ASIA Civilizations Atlantis Jean Sylvain Bailly was a notable 18th-century French astronomer who was beheaded at the height of the French Revolution.

An antique, 18th century book with 12 miniature paintings attributed to Jiao Bingzhen. Circa early 18th century. The book has a cover made of woven fabric with a floral pattern, with handwritten inscr