Horlogiographia optica: Dialling universall and particular: speculative and practicall. In a threefold præcognita, viz. geometricall, philosophicall, and astronomicall: and a threefold practise, viz. arithmeticall, geometricall, and instrumentall. With diverse propositions of the use and benefit of shadows, serving to prick down the signes, declination, and azimuths, on sun-dials, and diverse other benefits. Illustrated by diverse opticall conceits, taken out of Augilonius, Kercherius, Clavius, and others. Lastly, topothesia, or, a feigned description of the court of art. Full of benefit for the making of dials, use of the globes, difference of meridians, and most propositions of astronomie. Together with many usefull instruments and dials in brasse, made by Walter Hayes, at the Crosse Daggers in More Fields
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Main Author: Morgan, Sylvanus (Author)
Other Authors: Goddard, John (Engraver, Illustrator)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London Printed by R. & W. Leybourn, for Andrew Kemb, and Robert Boydell, and are to be sold at St. Margarets Hill in Southwark, and at the Bulwark neer the Tower 1652
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Item Description:Annotation on Thomason copy: The "2" in the imprint date is crossed out and date altered to 1652; "Febr. 4th". - Reproduction of the original in the British Library. - The first leaf contains verses "On the frontispiece". - Thomason, E.652[16]. - Wing (2nd ed.), M2741. - With an additional title page, engraved and initialed by John Goddard
Physical Description:Online-Ressource ill. (woodcuts, metal cuts)

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