Description: Born in rural Wales, to which he always felt a close connection, Joseph Harris (c.1704-64) moved to London in 1724, presenting the Astronomer Royal, Edmond Halley, with a testimonial of his mathematical ability. Harris then found work as an astronomer and teaching of navigation; his observations of magnetism and solar eclipses taken in Vera Cruz in 1726 and 1727 were relayed to the Royal Society by Halley. Harris' illustrated introduction to the solar system was originally printed for the instrument-maker Thomas Wright and the globe-maker Richard Cushee; it is here reissued in its 1731 first edition. Clearly describing the use of astronomical apparatus such as globes and orreries, it proved very popular, going through fourteen printings by 1793. Harris starts with an overview of the solar system and the fixed stars, and then shows how to solve astronomical problems using globes and orreries.
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EAN: 9781108080187
UPC: 9781108080187
ISBN: 9781108080187
MPN: N/A
Item Length: 21.6 cm
Number of Pages: 218 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: The Description and Use of the Globes, and the Orrery: To Which Is Prefixed, by Way of Introduction, a Brief Account of the Solar System
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication Year: 2014
Subject: Astronomy
Item Height: 216 mm
Item Weight: 280 g
Type: Textbook
Author: Joseph Harris
Item Width: 140 mm
Format: Paperback
