Astronomie - - Asclepi, Giuseppe. De
Astronomy - - Asclepi, Giuseppe. De objectivi micrometri usu in planetarum diametris metiendis. Exercitatio optico-astronomica habita in collegio romano a patribus Societatis Jesu Anno 1765. 3rd Non. Sept. Rome, Salomoni, 1765. 40 pp. 23 x 17 cm. Spine paperback.
First edition of the rare study on the exploration of the diameter of the Sun and the planets, Venus and Mars, includes tables of calculations at the end. - De Backer-Sommervogel I, 601. - A lunar crater was named after the Italian astronomer and physicist Giuseppe Maria Asclepi (1706-1776). - Title somewhat dusty and with old collection stamp.
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