The description and use of a new portable orrery, on a simple construction, representing the motions and phenomena of the planetary system, but more particularly the motions of the earth and moon round the sun ... To which is prefixed, a short account of the solar system, or the true system of the world / by William Jones.

  • Jones, William, 1763-1831.
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1812
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The description and use of a new portable orrery, on a simple construction, representing the motions and phenomena of the planetary system, but more particularly the motions of the earth and moon round the sun ... To which is prefixed, a short account of the solar system, or the true system of the world / by William Jones. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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London : Printed for, and sold by W. and S. Jones, 1812.

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iv, 50 pages, 4 folded plates : illustrations, folded frontispiece ; (8vo)

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The sixth ed. /

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