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Astronomy Explained Upon Sir Isaac Newton’s Principles

by James Ferguson

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  1. 1Errata
  2. 2Chap. I — Of Astronomy in general
  3. 3Chap. II — A brief Description of the Solar System
  4. 4Chap. III — The Copernican System demonstrated to be true
  5. 5Chap. IV — The Phenomena of the Heavens as seen from different part…
  6. 6Chap. V — The Phenomena of the Heavens as seen from different Parts…
  7. 7Chap. VI — The Ptolemean System refuted. The Motions and Phases of…
  8. 8Chap. IX — The Method of finding the Distances of the Sun, Moon, an…
  9. 9Chap. XII — Of Solar and Sidereal Time
  10. 10Chap. XIII — Of the Equation of Time
  11. 11Chap. XIV — Of the Precession of the Equinoxes
  12. 12Chap. XVII — Of the ebbing and flowing of the Sea
  13. 13Chap. XVIII — Of Eclipses: Their Number and Periods. A large Catalo…
  14. 14Chap. XX — Of the fixed Stars
  15. 15Chap. XXII — A Description of the Astronomical Machinery serving to…
  16. 16Index

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