Document Details Rittenhouse Orrery , Princeton's Eighteenth-Century Planetarium - A commentary on the exhibition held at the Princeton Library:
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- Title: Rittenhouse Orrery , Princeton's Eighteenth-Century Planetarium - A commentary on the exhibition held at the Princeton Library
- Author: Howard C. Rice
- Publisher: Princeton University Press
Keywords: astronomical specific
Other Keywords: Rittenhaose orrery Princeton
Language: ENG
Notes: 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.
Edition: 1954, 1st edition -- Copyright: 1954
Kind: Book
Type: Scientific instrument
Geographic area: USA
Topic: Astronomy
Organization: Exhibition
Pages: 88 -- Height in cm: 24
Print Status: 2 (1 means in print - 2 means out of print)
Entered By: FMM
BHM No: 10775 - Publisher: Princeton University Press
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