Title: Methods of Computing the Orbit of a Comet or Planet: Appendix to the Third Volume of the Translation of the Mécanique Céleste. By Nathaniel Bowditch, LL.D. Author: Bowditch, Nathaniel Place: Boston Publisher: From the Press of Isaac R. Butts Date: 1834 Description: [4], [761]-910, [107] pp. (4to) 28.4x22 cm (11¼x8¾"), later cloth-backed marbled boards, paper spine label. First edition, published as an appendix to Bowditch's celebrated translation of Laplace's Mécanique Céleste, which is often lacking from the set. Bowditch declares in the introduction to this appendix, that he wanted to "point out some fo the important improvements made by Gauss, Olbers, and others, in the calculation of the orbit of a planet or comet, moving in ellipses, parabola or hyperbola. Lot Amendments Condition: Occasional light foxing, date of publication inked below roman numerals on title page; very good. Item number: 287964
Title: Methods of Computing the Orbit of a Comet or Planet: Appendix to the Third Volume of the Translation of the Mécanique Céleste. By Nathaniel Bowditch, LL.D. Author: Bowditch, Nathaniel Place: Boston Publisher: From the Press of Isaac R. Butts Date: 1834 Description: [4], [761]-910, [107] pp. (4to) 28.4x22 cm (11¼x8¾"), later cloth-backed marbled boards, paper spine label. First edition, published as an appendix to Bowditch's celebrated translation of Laplace's Mécanique Céleste, which is often lacking from the set. Bowditch declares in the introduction to this appendix, that he wanted to "point out some fo the important improvements made by Gauss, Olbers, and others, in the calculation of the orbit of a planet or comet, moving in ellipses, parabola or hyperbola. Lot Amendments Condition: Occasional light foxing, date of publication inked below roman numerals on title page; very good. Item number: 287964
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