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Total number of records: 14

Count of Collection group

Collection group	Count
Brotherton Collection	2
Ripon Cathedral	1

Count of Subject

Subject	Count
astronomy	14
physical geography	8
science	8
cosmography	7
geography	2
astronomy, spherical and practical	1
geometry	1
globes	1
natural history	1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisations	Count
Humboldt, Alexander Von (1769-1859)	7
Prichard, Augustin	2
Academie Des Sciences	1
Borrhaus, Martin (1499-1564)	1
Cassini, Giovanni Domenico (1625-1712)	1
Costard, George (1710-1782)	1
Greig, John (1759-1819)	1
L'Isle, Joseph Nicolas De (1688-1768)	1
Lubbock, Sir John (1834-1913)	1
Watts, Isaac (1674-1748)	1

Count of Earliest date

Earliest date	Count
From 1500	1
From 1600	1
From 1700	3
From 1800	9

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Latest date	Count
Up to 1599	1
Up to 1699	1
Up to 1799	3
Up to 1899	9

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The history of astronomy, with its application to geography, history, and chronology; occasionally exemplified by the globes

Costard, George (1710-1782)

1767

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Recueil d'observations faites en plusieurs voyages par ordre de Sa Majesté, pour perfectionner l'astronomie et la geographie. Avec divers traitez astronomiques

Cassini, Giovanni Domenico (1625-1712); Académie des Sciences

M. DC. XCIII [1693]

Engraved title vignette; head pieces; initials; marginalia. Colophon: A Paris, de l'Imprimerie Royale, par les soins de Jean Anisson directeur de ladite Imprimerie. M. DC. XCIII. A compilation of ...

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The knowledge of the heavens and the earth made easy, or, The first principles of astronomy and geography : explained by the use of globes and maps. With a solution of the common problems by a plain scale and compasses as well as by the globe. Written several years since for the use of learners

Watts, Isaac (1674-1748)

1745

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Memoires pour servir à l'histoire & au progrès de l'astronomie, de la geographie, & de la physique : recueillis de plusieurs dissertations lües dans les assemblées de l'Academie Roiale des Sciences de Paris, & de celle de St. Petersbourg

L'Isle, Joseph Nicolas de (1688-1768)

1738

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An introduction to the use of the globes, : for youth of both sexes; particularly designed for schools and private teachers. Containing definitions and problems in geometry

Greig, John (1759-1819)

1810

Advertisements on p. [vi].

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The beauties of nature and the wonders of the world we live in

Lubbock, Sir John (1834-1913)

1897

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Kosmos : Entwurf einer physischen Weltbeschreibung (v.1)

Humboldt, Alexander von (1769-1859)

1845-62

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Kosmos : Entwurf einer physischen Weltbeschreibung (v.2)

Humboldt, Alexander von (1769-1859)

1845-62

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Kosmos : Entwurf einer physischen Weltbeschreibung (v.3)

Humboldt, Alexander von (1769-1859)

1845-62

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Kosmos : Entwurf einer physischen Weltbeschreibung (v.4)

Humboldt, Alexander von (1769-1859)

1845-62

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Kosmos : Entwurf einer physischen Weltbeschreibung (v.5)

Humboldt, Alexander von (1769-1859)

1845-62

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Kosmos : a general survey of physical phenomena of the universe (v.1)

Humboldt, Alexander von (1769-1859); Prichard, Augustin

1845-48

Vol. 2: Translated by Augustin Prichard.