Collection of Astronomical Instruments (1769) Postcard

Title [Collection of nine images including astronomical instruments, celestial charts, and a world map]. Contributor Names Ferguson, James, 1710-1776. Created / Published [no earlier than 1769] Contents Le globe celeste -- Sisteme de Coprenic, de Ticho Brahe, et de Descartes -- Mappe Monde ou description generale du globe Terrestre / suivant Mr. de Lisle de l'Academie royale des sciences -- Machina ingenioso artifice extructa, ope et industria Bernardi a Cloese restituta, Europae admiratio -- Sphaera artificialis, seu armillaris -- La sphere artificielle -- De Hemel Globe -- [Handwritten title, covering article and two diagrams] A new method of constructing sun-dials for any given latitude without the assistance of dialling scales, or logarithmic calculations / by James Ferguson F.R.S. Subject Headings - Ptolemy,--active 2nd century - Copernicus, Nicolaus,--1473-1543 - Brahe, Tycho,--1546-1601 - Descartes, René,--1596-1650 - Sundials - Sundials--Design and construction - Sundials--Early works to 1800 - Armillary spheres--Early works to 1800 - Celestial sphere--Early works to 1800 - Spherical astronomy - Universe Genre Celestial charts Armillary spheres