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(Science, Astronomie) - BURN, Robert.- "The Analemma or the Orthographic Projection of the Sphere […]”. In-4° : [190] lvs (complete ?, pp. edges used, some restaured lvs). Modern binding : bradel half brown leather, marbled paper boards, flat spine. RARE INSTRUCTION MANUAL TO SPHERICS AND NAUTICAL ASTRONOMY, neatly written with a lot of variation in font type and two folded double hemisphere projections. Decorated throughout with initials, fine diagrams occasionally in alternating colours, small decorations and tail-pieces. Manual consisting of small chapters discussing the various projections of the sphere, the Pythagorean system, spherical trigonometry, great circle sailing, etc. as well as newer theories such as Lord Napier's so-called "Catholic Propositions" or the methods to calculate longitude by Robertson, Lyon and Witchell. Included are many astronomical and navigational exercises. The initials R.B. ("Finis by R.B.") and "Robert Burn Prisoner of War Depot de Givet, France" refer to a 19th century apprentice on board of the merchant ship Blenheim, native of Beverley in Yorkshire, who was accused of having deserted. Robert Burn was condemned on 7 December 1805 to suffer 6 years in irons together with Thomas Williams who published a book about it. # J.D. Short.- Prisoners of War in France from 1804 to 1814, 1914 (2013), pp. 145-149; # Th. Williams.- The Adventures of Thomas Williams 1901. Provenance: McClayton 1874 (handwritten mention). ¶ Rare manuscrit d'étude de géométrie sphérique et d'astronomie nautique, probablement par Robert Burn marin déserteur et prisonnier. Bradel demi-cuir moderne (complet ?, us. aux marges, qqs ff. restaurés). Drouotlive.com Read more