A NEW TREATISE ON THE USE OF THE GLOBES ; OR A PHILOSOPHICAL VIEW OF THE EARTH AND HEAVENS
Authors: Keith, Thomas
Categories: Non-fiction
Science Geography Children / YouthYear: 1824
Publisher: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, Paternoster-Row ; and for the Author
Pagination: xxiv, [1]-359, [1] p.
Dimensions: 17.5 x 10.6 cm
City: London
Document Type: Book
Edition: Seventh, Corrected and Improved
Language: English
Printer: A. & R. Spottiswoode, New-Street-Square, London
Preface: [iii]-x 'PREFACE.'
Other Content: [xi]-xxiii 'THE CONTENTS.' Six fold-out plates at the end of the work.
Advertisements: [xxiv] 'In the Press, | A SYSTEM OF GEOGRAPHY, | FOR THE USE OF SCHOOLS'. [1] p. 'BOOKS WRITTEN by the Author of this Work'.
Marginalia: Front paste-down endpaper 'Mellows'.
Binding: Brown, full calf. SPINE: [gilt-tooled] '(line) | (line) | (line) | (line) | (line)'.
Edges: Trimmed
Notes:Full title: A NEW TREATISE ON THE USE OF THE GLOBES ; OR A PHILOSOPHICAL VIEW OF THE EARTH AND HEAVENS : COMPREHENDING AN ACCOUNT OF THE FIGURE, MAGNITUDE, AND MOTION OF THE EARTH ; WITH THE NATURAL CHANGES OF ITS SURFACE, CAUSED BY FLOODS, EARTHQUAKES, &C. TOGETHER WITH THE PRINCIPLES OF METEOROLOGY, AND ASTRONOMY ; WITH THE THEORY OF THE TIDES, &C. PRECEDED BY AN EXTENSIVE SELECTION OF ASTRONOMICAL, AND OTHER DEFINITIONS ; AND ILLUSTRATED BY A GREAT VARIETY OF PROBLEMS, QUESTIONS FOR THE EXAMINATION OF THE STUDENT, &C. &C. DESIGNED FOR THE INSTRUCTION OF YOUTH.