Easy Introduction to Astronomy [1819]
Descriptive Object
Identifier:
OBJ.N.2021.45
Description
Copy of James Ferguson's Easy Introduction to Astronomy printed in Philadelphia in 1819 with an inscription by Levi Grover Knapp (1833-1852) of Bradley, Me. Date of inscription not easily legible. Ferguson (1710-1776) was a self-taught Scottish astronomer whose writings were extremely popular in the 18th century and into the early 19th century.