File NLW MS 15262B. - Lectures on astronomy at Cambridge by Nicholas Saunderson

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NLW MS 15262B.

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Lectures on astronomy at Cambridge by Nicholas Saunderson

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  • 1745 (Creation)

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i, 89 ff. (original foliation 1-71, 1-13, 1-5) ; 185 x 115 mm.

Vellum over boards.

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Donated (with NLW MS 15261B) by Captain C. A. Lyons, Skenfrith, February 1951.

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Lecture notes, 1745, comprising 'Sanderson's Astronomy' (ff. 1-71, first foliation), 'Motuum Coelestium Explicatio Physica', in Latin (ff. 71 verso and ff. 1-13 verso, second foliation) and 'The Laws of Nature apply'd to the System of the World' (ff. 1-5, third foliation).

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  • English
  • Latin

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English, Latin.

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Preferred citation: NLW MS 15262B.

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vtls005787052

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ISYSARCHB75

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Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales

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  • English

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  • Text: NLW MS 15262B.