The nature and construction of a solar eclipse explained and exemplified in that which will happen on April 1st, A.D. 1764. Containing, I. The geometrical construction of a general eclipse of the sun, exhibiting its phases and affections, by scale and compasses. II. The same by trigonometrical calculation. III. The construction and phases of a solar eclipse for any particular place, exemplified for the city of London. IV. Of the form and dimensions of the moon's dark shadow on the Earth's surface considered not as a sphere but as a spheroid. V. The method of exhibiting all the phases of a solar eclipse in the best manner, by a reflecting telescope, in a room not darkened. By Benjamin Martin

People / Organizations

• Benjamin Martin (Author)

Imprint

London : Printed for the author in Fleet-Street, MDCCLXIV. [1764]

Added name

Bowen, Emanuel, 1693 or 1694-1767, engraver.

Publication year

1764

ESTC No.

T25332

Grub Street ID

257772

Description

[2], 16, [2] p., [1] folded leaf of plates : ill. ; 4°.

Note

The plate is signed "B. Martin delineavit" "E. Bowen sculpsit"

With a final leaf of advertisements for "instruments invented or improved by B. Martin"

Signatures: [A]]2(-[A]2) B-C]4] chi1[=[A]2 wrap-around?].