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1	Creator:	Cassini, Giovanni Domenico, 1625-1712	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Abrégé d'astronomie, 1678-1712
	Dates:	1678-1712
	Abstract:	This unpublished copy of the 1678 manuscript contains a detailed summary of astronomy from a pre-Newtonian perspective. There are systematic descriptions of planets and stars, distance of planets to the earth, comets, hourly movements of the sun, solar equations, etc. The tables relate to refractions for every place at the horizon, movements of the moon, and other calculations. The plates contain illustrations to the text, one being the moon eclipse of February 13, 1710.
	Call #:	Mss.520.9.C27
	Extent:	1.0 Volume(s)
	Sections:	Background \| Administrative Information
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	Subjects:	Astrometry. \| Astronomy -- France -- Observations. \| Beyond Early America \| Cassini, Giovanni Domenico, 1625-1712 \| Comets. \| Eclipses. \| Illustrations. \| Refraction, Astronomical. \| Solar system -- Early works to 1800. \| Solar system -- Motion in space. \| Tables.

2	Creator:	Anonymous	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Esfera Astronomica Composta e divida en Circulos, ca. late 17th century
	Dates:	Circa late 17th century
	Abstract:	This is a Portuguese maritime treatise on spherical and planetary astronomy, based on the Ptolomeic system, but with presentation of the Copernican system. There are numerous diagrams and a few interesting sketches.
	Call #:	Mss.521.Ast8
	Extent:	1.0 Volume(s)
	Sections:	Administrative Information
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	Subjects:	Anonymous \| Astronomy -- Observations. \| Charts. \| Copernican system \| Nautical astronomy. \| Ptolomeic system \| Sketches. \| Solar system - Early works to 1800 \| Spherical astronomy.

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