Ferguson, James

ID 11286
Last Name Ferguson
First Name James
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Gender Male
Date of Birth 1710-04-25
Date of Death 1776-11-16
Place of Birth Banff
Place of Death London
VIAF URI http://viaf.org/viaf/27271796
Wikipedia Entry https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Ferguson_(Scottish_astronomer)
Image URL https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:James_Ferguson.jpg
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Author Astronomy explained upon Sir Isaac Newton's principles, and made easy to those who have not studied mathematics. To which are added, a plain method of finding the distances of all the planets from the sun, by the Transit of Venus over the Sun's Disc, in the Year 1761. An account of Mr. Horrox's observation of the transit of Venus in the Year 1639: and, of the Distances of all the Planets from the sun, as deduced from Observations of the Transit in the Year 1761. By James Ferguson, F. R. S. The Tenth Edition, with some additional notes. 1799

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