The description and use of the globes and the orrery: To which is prefix'd, by way of introduction, a brief account of the solar systemHarris, Joseph
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The description and use of the globes and the orrery: To which is prefix'd, by way of introduction, a brief account of the solar system
Harris, Joseph
Astronomical models; Globes
Barometers, from 1l. 1s. to 1 16 0
Ditto & Thermometer, in one frame, from 1. 11s. 6d. to 2 12 6
Barometer, Thermometer, and Hydrometer, all in }
one frame, from 2l 12s. 6d. to } 3 13 6
Farenheit’s Thermometers, in mahogany cases, }
from 1l. 5s. to } 1 11 6
Pocket ditto, in black cases, from 12s. to 1 1 0
Spirit Thermometers, on box scales, for hot-houses 0 10 6
Hydrometers, in Ivory, from 4s. to 0 5 6
Ditto, in copper, with weights, _&c._ for }
proving Spirits, from 1l. 1s. to } 1 5 0
Hydrostatic Balance, with apparatus, _&c._ 1 15 0
Speaking Trumpets, from 10s. to 1 11 6
Hearing ditto, from 7s. 6d. to 1 1 0
Reflecting Telescopes, from 1l. 16s. to 50 0 0
Refracting ditto, of various lengths, with four or }
six glasses, from 7s. 6d. to } 6 6 0
Double reflecting Microscopes, from 3l. 13s. 6d. to 7 7 0
Solar ditto, in Brass, from 4l. 4s. to 6 6 0
Wilson’s pocket ditto, from 1l. 5s. to 2 12 6
Opake ditto, from 2l. 12s. 6d. to 3 13 6
Cloth ditto, from 3s. 6d. to 0 7 6
Flower ditto, from 3s. 6d. to 0 5 0
Diagonal Machines for viewing prints, from 16s. to 1 11 6
Large Book Camera Obscura, from 4l. 4s. to 5 5 0
Box Camera Obscura, from 10s. 6d. to 2 2 0
Scioptric Ball and Socket, in Wood 0 7 6
Opera Glasses, from 5s. to 2 12 6
Prospect ditto, from 8d. to 0 10 6
Magic Lanthorn, without objects, from 1l. 1s. to 1 7 0
Magic Lanthorn sliders, with objects, from 5s. to 0 10 6
Mirrors, convex or concave, of all sizes, in black }
frames, from 10s. 6d. to } 16 16 0
Prisms, from 6s. to 1 1 0
Reading Glasses set in a variety of curious }
frames, from 2s. 6d. to } 2 12 6
Watchmaker’s Glasses, in frames, from 1s. to 0 10 6
Concave ditto, for short sighted persons, }
from 1s.6d. to } 2 2 0
Spectacles ground on brass tools, and set in }
silver, tortoise shell, horn, }
_&c._ from 1s. to } 1 7 0
Achromatic, Opera, and Prospect glasses, }
from 1l.
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