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. 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.
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