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The Copernican or solar system Cole, Benjamin, 1695-1766
Description
Engraving in black ink including several figures of astronomical and scientific instruments. Figs. 1, 2 and 5 are untitled. Fig. 3 reads "Cometarium." Fig. 4 reads "Armillary Sphere."
Item Metadata
| Title | The Copernican or solar system |
| Creator | Cole, Benjamin, 1695-1766 |
| Publisher | London : Printed for J. Coote |
| DateIssued | [1759] |
| Description |
Engraving in black ink including several figures of astronomical and scientific instruments. Figs. 1, 2 and 5 are untitled. Fig. 3 reads "Cometarium." Fig. 4 reads "Armillary Sphere."
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| Extent | 1 map ; 20 x 26 cm |
| GeographicLocation |
Solar System |
| Genre | Maps |
| Type | Still Image |
| FileFormat | image/jpeg |
| Language | English |
| Notes |
The illustration entitled "The Copernican or Solar System" which was originally located near page 260-261. Framed with mccormick_4, "A Second plate of geography containing the projection of maps...". A new universal history of arts and sciences, shewing their origin, progress, theory, use and practice, and exhibiting the invention, structure, improvement, and uses of the most considerable instruments, engines and machines, with their nature, power, and operation, decyphered in fifty two copper-plates. London: printed for J. Coote, 1759.
Information found in Eighteenth Century Collections Online. |
| Identifier | mccormick_004b |
| Collection | Andrew McCormick Maps and Prints |
| Source | Original Format: University of British Columbia. Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. Andrew McCormick Maps and Prints |
| DateAvailable | 2013-04-01 |
| Provider | Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library |
| Rights | Images provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy, or otherwise use these images must be obtained from Rare Books & Special Collections: http://rbsc.library.ubc.ca/ |
| AIPUUID | 1b1386eb-5c52-48e0-b459-d41e2d5356e0 |
| IsShownAt | 10.14288/1.0023354 |
| AggregatedSourceRepository | CONTENTdm |
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Images provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy, or otherwise use these images must be obtained from Rare Books & Special Collections: http://rbsc.library.ubc.ca/