An epitome of astronomy, with the new discoveries

Name: An epitome of astronomy, with the new discoveries
Author: William Walker

by William Walker

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An epitome of astronomy, with the new discoveries including an account of the eídouraníon, or transparent orrery

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Project Gutenberg

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Produced by Charlene Taylor and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Release date

2020-06-09

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

Subjects

Astronomy Astronomical models

About the author

William Walker

b. 1821

A 19th-century British compiler and illustrator, he is remembered for books that made scientific lives and drawing practice more accessible to general readers. His surviving work suggests a practical writer interested in education, biography, and the visual arts.

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