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A New Cometarium Improved by B.M.
A New Cometarium Improved by B.M.
[Benjamin Martin.]
[London 1755.]
Engraving with hand colour, in mount. 185 x 120mm (7¼ x 4¾"). Small margins.
A Cometarium, showing the motion of a comet on its path around the sun, designed by Benjamin Martin (c.1705-82), a ploughboy turned instrument maker. Published in the 'General Magazine of Arts and Sciences', which became 'Martin's Magazine' when he took it over in 1755.
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The Limits of Solar and Lunar Eclipses.
The Limits of Solar and Lunar Eclipses. Plate XVII
[Benjamin Martin.]
[London 1755.]
Engraving with hand colour, in mount, pt 18th century watermark. 185 x 120mm (7¼ x 4¾"). Bits of paper stuck on right.
A diagram of Eclipses, drawn by Benjamin Martin (c.1705-82), a ploughboy turned instrument maker. Published in the 'General Magazine of Arts and Sciences', which became 'Martin's Magazine' when he took it over in 1755.
[Ref: 58145]   £130.00   (£156.00 incl.VAT)
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