Lectures on Select Subjects in Mechanics, Hydrostatics, Hydraulics, Pneumatics, and Optics: With Use of the Globes, the Art of Dialing, and the ... and Full Moons and Eclipses (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

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Excerpt from Lectures on Select Subjects in Mechanics, Hydrostatics, Hydraulics, Pneumatics, and Optics: With Use of the Globes, the Art of Dialing, and the Calculation of the Mean Times of New and Full Moons and Eclipses

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