Astronomy Explained Upon Sir Isaac Newton's Principles / And made easy to those who have not studied mathematics

by James Ferguson

Transcriber’s Note

This book uses a number of astronomical symbols, including signs of the Zodiac (♈, ♉, ♊, ♋, ♌, ♍, ♎, ♏, ♐, ♑, ♒, ♓), and symbols for planets (☿, ♀, ⊕, ♂, ♃, ♄). If these characters do not display correctly, you may have to use an alternative font, such as Arial Unicode MS or DejaVu.

The ORRERY, made by JAMES FERGUSON.

N. 1. The Sun, 2. Mercury, 3. Venus, 4. The Earth, 5. The Moon, 6. The Sydereal Dial plate, 7. The Hour Circle, 8. y^e Circle for y^e. Moon’s Age, 9. The Moon’s Orbit, 10. y^e Pointer, Shewing the Sun’s Place & Day of the Month, 11. The Ecliptic, 12. The Handle for turning y^e whole machine

J. Ferguson inv. et delin.

G. Child. Sculp.

ASTRONOMY
EXPLAINED UPON
Sir ISAAC NEWTON’s
PRINCIPLES,
AND MADE EASY
TO THOSE WHO HAVE NOT STUDIED
MATHEMATICS.

By JAMES FERGUSON.

Heb. XI. 3. The Worlds were framed by the Word of GOD.