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Sir Richard John Strachan letter to Sir William Cornwallis
(Rice University, 1791-11-21)
Correspondence from Sir Richard John Strachan to Sir William Cornwallis.
Trait‚ du nivellement, triangles
(Rice University, 1728)
Picard was an ordained Jesuit priest, professor of astronomy at the College de France and a member of the Academie Royale de Sciences. He was the first to accurately compute the size of the Earth.
Trait‚ du nivellement, easel
(Rice University, 1728)
Picard was an ordained Jesuit priest, professor of astronomy at the College de France and a member of the Academie Royale de Sciences. He was the first to accurately compute the size of the Earth.
The Life and Imaginations of Sally Paul
(Rice University, 1760)
Full scan of The Life and Imaginations of Sally Paul (1760) including book covers and spine. The book is displayed in two PDF documents.
Papeles sobre la reduccion del Seno Mexicano, y Sierra gorda
(Rice University, 1748)
Atlas Celeste de Flamsteed, Hercule star chart
(Rice University, 1795)
John Flamstéed was the first astronomer royal to King Charles II and the founder of the Royal Greenwich Observatory. This is the third edition of his star atlas. Flamstéed's method of determining right ascensions has been ...
Atlas Celeste de Flamsteed, title page
(Rice University, 1795)
John Flamstéed was the first astronomer royal to King Charles II and the founder of the Royal Greenwich Observatory. This is the third edition of his star atlas. Flamstéed's method of determining right ascensions has been ...
Atlas Celeste de Flamsteed, Hemispere star chart
(Rice University, 1795)
John Flamstéed was the first astronomer royal to King Charles II and the founder of the Royal Greenwich Observatory. This is the third edition of his star atlas. Flamstéed's method of determining right ascensions has been ...
Entretiens sur la pluralit‚ des mondes , garden and Sky sketch
(Rice University, 1721)
Bernard de Fontenelle was a French scientist. Entretiens Sur La Pluralit, Des Mondes was very popular exposition of the principles of astronomy and was influential in promoting the acceptance of the Copernican system.