Description: Scarce, eighteenth century guide to the use of globes and the basics of geography organized as a series of questions and answers. Leather binding: A New and Easy Guide to the Use of the Globes and the Rudiments of Geography Wherein the Knowledge of the Heavens and Earth is Made Easy to the Meanest Capacity; First by Giving a Short and Concise Account of the Four Quarters of the World with the Distance and Situation of the Most Principal Islands and Inland Places and by the Solution of Seventy Useful Problems in Geography, Astronomy, Navigation etc. Written in Familiar Dialogues in Order to Render it More Easy, Pleasant and Diverting to the Learner. With some Observations on Mr Noah's Patent Globes. To Which is Annex'd Three Useful Tables. I. Shes the Latitude and Longitude of the Principal Places from the Meridian of London. II. Shewing the Sun's Place, Declination, Time of Rising and Setting; Length of Days and Nights and Beginning and End of Twilight Every Week According to the New Style. III. Shews the Latitude, Longitude, Right Ascension and Declination of the Most Eminent Fixed Stars. by Daniel Fenning Printed for S. Crowder in 1760. Second Edition with Improvements by the Author. Hardback. 240 pages, 13 cm by 20 cm. Acceptable Condition Some wear and marks to the cover including small loss to the front board. There is a nick in the leather to the top of the book spine but the boards remain well attached. The front end paper and likely also frontispiece illustration has been removed leaving a gap next to the title page. Occasional marks on the inner pages. Name label attached to the inside of the front cover. The back endpaper is split in the hinge region. There are no illustrations. If you like this item you might be interested in our other books on local history and topography: IanTheHippo: Regional Interest and Topography
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Binding: Leather
Place of Publication: London
Non-Fiction Subject: Geography
Language: English
Author: Daniel Fenning
Publisher: Printed for S. Crowder
Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
Year Printed: 1760
