Science. FERGUSON. Tables and Tracts relative... Lot n° 406

FERGUSON, James. Tables and Tracts relative to Several Arts and Sciences. The Second Edition, with Additions. London, Strahan, Rivington etc., 1771. In-8vo, mm. 200 x 130, pp. XV, (1), 334, (2), con 3 tavv. in rame ripiegate al fine. Leg. piena pelle epoca, dorso con tassello e filetti. Cerniera anteriore incrinata, ma ottimo es. per il resto. Seconda edizione accresciuta di questa interessante manuale contenente una grande varietà di “numerical tables relative to Arts & Science” dell’astronomo inglese James Ferguson (1710-1776), lo "scienziato contadino" autodidatta (fu pastore fino all’eta di 14 anni). Tra queste Tables, ricordiamo quelle relative al “True time of New and Full Moon; For solving astromical problems; Representing diurnal motions of Sun & Moon in a clock; Showing the periodical revolution of the Earth; Representing the motion of Jupiter, the annual revolutions of Mercury, Venus and Earth round the Sun; For finding the corresponding years of the Julian period; Showing the power required to work any hydraulic engine; Comparing English avoirdupoise with Foreign measures; Shewing the Interest of any sum of money, for any number of days, at any rate of interes; The price of goods from AD 1066 to 1764; The probabilities of human life; The velocity of Light and Sound; The cause of ebbing and flowing of the Sea at the same time in opposite sides of the globe; etc. etc.”