A Description of a Vertical Floating Collimator; and an account of its application to astronomical observations with a circle and with a zenith telescope
by KATER, Henry
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Wareham, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Printed by Richard Taylor, 1828. [3], 258-289pp, [1]. With two engraved plates illustrating the device. Recent black buckram, lettered in gilt. Very minor wear to extremities. Internally clean and crisp. Presentation copy, inscribed to head of title-page; 'Presented by the author, at / Bedford, in Nov. 1828'. An offprint from the Philosophical Transactions of a treatise by English physicist Henry Kater (1777-1835) regarding his invention of the vertical floating collimator, a device intended to supersede the plumb-line in making astronomical observations. . First offprint edition. Quarto.
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- Bookseller
- Antiquates Ltd
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- AQ10993
- Title
- A Description of a Vertical Floating Collimator; and an account of its application to astronomical observations with a circle and with a zenith telescope
- Author
- KATER, Henry
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First offprint edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Printed by Richard Taylor
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1828
- Keywords
- Science, Technology
- Size
- Quarto
Terms of Sale
Antiquates Ltd
Antiquates Ltd was established by Tom Lintern-Mole in 2007; we travel far and wide to buy, sell, and advise on rare books and manuscripts.
Concentrating on hand-press printing and early modern manuscripts, we pride ourselves on offering a varied selection of antiquarian works on a diverse range of subjects, leaning towards the interesting, the important, and the unusual.
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We also offer a valuation service (for either insurance or probate purposes), as well as advice on library development.
Concentrating on hand-press printing and early modern manuscripts, we pride ourselves on offering a varied selection of antiquarian works on a diverse range of subjects, leaning towards the interesting, the important, and the unusual.
We have a countryside bookshop in Wareham; we also regularly issue catalogues - do ask if you would like to be added to our mailing list - and frequently exhibit at regional and national book fairs in London, Bristol, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Oxford, and York.
We also offer a valuation service (for either insurance or probate purposes), as well as advice on library development.
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Antiquates Ltd
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Wareham, Dorset
About Antiquates Ltd
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- Buckram
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- Quarto
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- Inscribed
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- Crisp
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Offprint
- A copy of an article or reference material that once appeared in a larger publication.
- Device
- Especially for older books, a printer's device refers to an identifying mark, also sometimes called a printer's mark, on the...
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