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Map The Solar System, with the orbits of 5 remarkable comets.

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Title

  • The Solar System, with the orbits of 5 remarkable comets.

Names

  • Bowen, Emanuel, -1767.

Created / Published

  • London : Emanuel Bowen, 1747.

Headings

  • -  Solar system--Maps--Early works to 1800
  • -  Astronomy--Charts, diagrams, etc
  • -  Stars--Charts, diagrams, etc
  • -  Comets--Early works to 1800
  • -  Constellations--Charts, diagrams, etc
  • -  Solar system

Genre

  • Celestial charts

Notes

  • -  Appears in: A complete system of geography / Emanuel Bowen. London, 1747. 2 vol[s].
  • -  Includes diagrams of: Oblique sphere -- Right sphere -- Parallel sphere.
  • -  LC copy typed in lower margin: 626888, N41.
  • -  LC copy has handwritten in pencil in lower left margin: A complete system of geography, 2 vol[s], Emanuel Bowen, London, 1747.
  • -  LC copy imperfect: Liquid staining throughout. Minor losses along edges.

Medium

  • 1 chart ; 41 x 25 cm

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G3180 1747 .B6

Repository

  • Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2013593161

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Bowen, Emanuel, -1767. The Solar System, with the orbits of 5 remarkable comets. London: Emanuel Bowen, 1747. Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/2013593161/.

APA citation style:

Bowen, E. (1747) The Solar System, with the orbits of 5 remarkable comets. London: Emanuel Bowen. [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2013593161/.

MLA citation style:

Bowen, Emanuel, -1767. The Solar System, with the orbits of 5 remarkable comets. London: Emanuel Bowen, 1747. Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2013593161/>.