Introductio brevissima ad perspectivam : projectionem & spherae stereographicam, orthographica[m] et gnomicam : in usum juventutis academicae conscripta / a Johanne Eames S.T.P. & R.S.S., 1765, Nov. 20.

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Introductio brevissima ad perspectivam : projectionem & spherae stereographicam, orthographica[m] et gnomicam : in usum juventutis academicae conscripta / a Johanne Eames S.T.P. & R.S.S., 1765, Nov. 20.

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Manuscript fair copy on perspective and spherical projection, followed by a separately foliated section with caption title "Optica", in a different hand. All leaves are ruled in red ink. The text is written on rectos only, with the versos being used for numerous diagrams or annotations. One of the diagrams is on a separate leaf which has been tipped-in. The Optica section is dated at end: Novr. 20 1765.

1 v. ([1], 143, 11, [47] leaves) : ill. ; 19 cm.

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Eames, John, -1744

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Epithet: MP for Yarmouth, I W British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000752.0x0002f4 Epithet: Mayor of Leicester British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000752.0x0002f3 John Eames (1686-1744) was a tutor of theology and the natural sciences and friend of Sir Isaac Newton. The 1726 edition of Isaac Watts's treatise on astronomy and geography ...