Matho: Or, The Cosmotheoria Puerilis, a Dialogue. In which the First Principles of Philosophy and Astronomy are Accommodated to the Capacity of Young Persons, Or Such as Have Yet No Tincture of These Sciences ...A. Millar, 1740 - Astronomy |
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