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Theoria Motus Corporum Coelestium in Sectionibus Conicis Solem Ambientium
by Gauss, Carl Friedrich
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
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Belfast, Maine, United States
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About This Item
Gotha, Germany: Friedrich Andreas Perthes, 1871. As. Hardcover. Fine. This is the 1871 reprint of the first edition of 1809 that contains Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss's (1777-1855) famous calculations of the orbits of asteroids and other bodies orbiting around the Sun. Also included his description of least-squares. 290, [3] pp. 4to. Recent, half-leather binding with brown leather spine, five raised bands, gold embossed titling, brown marbled paper boards. Interior clean and tight. Ex-library with two ink stamps on title page. Text in Latin.
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- Seller
- Craig Olson Books ABAA/ILAB
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 28442
- Title
- Theoria Motus Corporum Coelestium in Sectionibus Conicis Solem Ambientium
- Author
- Gauss, Carl Friedrich
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- As
- Publisher
- Friedrich Andreas Perthes
- Place of Publication
- Gotha, Germany
- Date Published
- 1871
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Craig Olson Books ABAA/ILAB
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Belfast, Maine
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