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Auction #115 begins on 30 May 2024

Cape of Good Hope

PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS (1762) - contains a chapter on EARLY ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATIONS done at the Cape of Good Hope

"Giving some account of the Present Undertakings, Studies, and Labours, of the Ingenious, in many Considerable Parts of the World".

Published: L. Davis & C. Reymers, London, 1762

Edition: First Edition

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Volume LII, Part I, for the year 1761.

Contemporary full-calf binding. Contents clean.

414pp. Fifteen folding plates.

A scientific publication for the Royal Society containing contributions by various authors on natural history, astronomy and science. Some articles on the eruptions of Mount Vesuvius, the transit of Venus etc., but of particular interest as an item of Africana are chapters 60 & 61 (pages 378-395), namely:

LX: Observations made at the Cape of Good Hope; by Mr. Charles Mason and Mr. Dixon; reduced to Apparent Time by Mr. Mason. With an Appendix.

LXI: Latitude of the Observatory at the Cape of Good Hope, reduced from the Observations of different Stars; by Mr. Charles Mason.

  • Binding Condition: Good
  • Overall Condition: Good
  • Sold By: Rare Paper
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