The Rittenhouse orrery; Princeton's eighteenth-century planetarium, 1767-1954. A commentary on an exhibition held in the Princeton University Library.
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TextPublication details: Princeton, Princeton University Library, 1954.Description: xi, 88 pages illustrations, portraits, facsimiles 25 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
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Jost Bürgi Library Reading Room | QB71.2.P75 .R53 1954 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 31560000006722 |
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Exhibition program (1 tri-folded sheet) inserted.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 76-81).
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A book of commentary on occasion of the 1954 exhibit of the Rittenhouse Orrery owned by Princeton University, includes a Rittenhaouse bio, a history of the piece, detailed illustrations of the object, and as Appendices the 1776 description by Rittenhouse, a little paper on the orrery 1771 by Rittenhaouse, and an article in the Pensylvania GAzette March 28, 1771.
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