1799 A Method of Finding the Latitude of a Place, by Means of Two Altitudes

Description: A Method of Finding the Latitude of a Place, by Means of Two Altitudes of the Sun and The Time Elapsed Between the Observations, The Rev. W. Lax, A.M., Lowndes’s Professor of Astronomy in the University of Cambridge, From the Philosophical Transactions, Read Before the Royal Society, 1799, 49 pp with folding table, 11.5 x 9”, pamphlet, 4to. In good condition. Remains of wrapper on spine, sewn bound. Title page is toned, dusty with light dampness staining. Lightly foxed with a 1 1/2” chip at lower corner. Some pages uncut, slight tears to edges as a result. Folding table at page 45 in good working order. Edges untrimmed, toned. Occasional light foxing throughout. Old hand notations of Lox on pages 16-17. Beautiful script. Please see photos. Scarce and very rare pamphlet by William Lax (1761-1836). Lax was an English astronomer and mathematician who served as Lowndean Professor of Astronomy and Geometry at the University of Cambridge for forty-one years. Lax was admitted a Fellow of the Royal Society on April 5th, 1796. He was nominee by the Astronomer Royal Nevil Maskelyne, Anthony Sheperd, Richard Farmer and William Wales. This was described as a “very valuable paper” by Abraham Rees, and apparently contained “several valuable remarks”, but it was criticized as “a subject of no great importance” by the Philosophical Magazine . Possibly the only copy of this separate edition with Lox’s hand. FORN-ABE-MSB-Shelf-643

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