HORSLEY, Samuel (1733-1806). Remarks on the Observations made in the late Voyage towards the North Pole for determining the Acceleration of the Pendulum, in Latitude 79 o 50'... in a letter to the Hon. Constantine John Phipps . London: B. White and P. Elmsley, 1774.
HORSLEY, Samuel (1733-1806). Remarks on the Observations made in the late Voyage towards the North Pole for determining the Acceleration of the Pendulum, in Latitude 79 o 50'... in a letter to the Hon. Constantine John Phipps . London: B. White and P. Elmsley, 1774. 4 o (287 x 228 mm). 15 pages. Modern marbled boards. FIRST EDITION. Sabin notes that Horsley's pamphlet "ought to be annexed to every copy of Captain Phipps's book." Horsley was elected to the Royal Society in 1767 and his earliest publications dealt with astronomy and geometry, as here in this discussion of the navigational mathematics of Phipps's voyage to the North Pole. Horsley was very controversial in his later years, entering a bitter dispute with Sir Joseph Banks at the Royal Society, necessitating Horsley's resignation. Horsley also published an edition of Newton's works. Sabin 33056 ("It is very rare").
HORSLEY, Samuel (1733-1806). Remarks on the Observations made in the late Voyage towards the North Pole for determining the Acceleration of the Pendulum, in Latitude 79 o 50'... in a letter to the Hon. Constantine John Phipps . London: B. White and P. Elmsley, 1774.
HORSLEY, Samuel (1733-1806). Remarks on the Observations made in the late Voyage towards the North Pole for determining the Acceleration of the Pendulum, in Latitude 79 o 50'... in a letter to the Hon. Constantine John Phipps . London: B. White and P. Elmsley, 1774. 4 o (287 x 228 mm). 15 pages. Modern marbled boards. FIRST EDITION. Sabin notes that Horsley's pamphlet "ought to be annexed to every copy of Captain Phipps's book." Horsley was elected to the Royal Society in 1767 and his earliest publications dealt with astronomy and geometry, as here in this discussion of the navigational mathematics of Phipps's voyage to the North Pole. Horsley was very controversial in his later years, entering a bitter dispute with Sir Joseph Banks at the Royal Society, necessitating Horsley's resignation. Horsley also published an edition of Newton's works. Sabin 33056 ("It is very rare").
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