Smith, George, 1700-1773
George Smith
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Preferred Forms
- 100 0 _ ‡a George Smith
- 100 1 _ ‡a Smith, George ‡d 1700-1773
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- 100 1 0 ‡a Smith, George, ‡d 1700-1773
4xx's: Alternate Name Forms (2)
Works
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Bibliography of British mathematics and its application: | |
A dissertation on the general properties of eclipses; and particularly the ensuing eclipse of 1748, considered thro' all its periods. By George Smith, Esq | |
The geography of the great solar eclipse of July 14 MDCCXLVIII : exhibiting an accurate map of all parts of the Earth in which it will be visible, with the North Pole, according to the latest discoveries | |
A treatise of comets, 1744: | |
A treatise of comets, containing I. An explication of all the various appearances of the late comet, both in its own trajectory and the firmament of fixt stars, to its setting in the sun-beams: illustrated with a plan of the earth's and comet's orbits. II. The history of comets from the earliest account of those kinds of planets, to the present time; wherein the sentiments of the antient and modern philosophers are occasionally display'd. With remarks on the intentional end of comets, and the nature and design of Saturn's ring. III. The distance, velocity, size, solidity, and other properties of those bodies consider'd; and the wonderful phænomena of their tails and atmospheres accounted for. Illustrated also by a copper-plate. |