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illustration from Huygen's Systema Saturnium

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A synopsis of the astronomy of comets

Halley, Edmond
Printed for John Senex
1705

12. Halley's Comet

Cover of Account of a comet

Account of a comet v. 71, pt. 2 (1781)

Herschel, William; Watson, William, Sir; Royal Society (Great Britain)

13. A New Planet

Cover of An explanation of the observed irregularities in the motion of Uranus

An explanation of the observed irregularities in the motion of Uranus

Adams, John Couch; Royal Astronomical Society.; William Clowes and Sons,
Printed by W. Clowes and Sons
1846

16. Neptune Discovered

Cover of Astronomia nova aitiologetos romanized

Astronomia nova aitiologetos [romanized]

Kepler, Johannes; Brahe, Tycho; Rudolph II, emperor of Germany
G. Voegelinus]
1609

5. First Two Laws

Cover of Cristiani Hugenii Zulichemii, Const. f. Systema Saturnium

Cristiani Hugenii Zulichemii, Const. f. Systema Saturnium

Huygens, Christiaan
Ex typographia Adriani Vlacq
MDCLIX [1659]

9. Rings of Saturn

Cover of Cristiani Hugenii Zulichemii, Const. f. Systema Saturnium sive, De causis mirandorum Saturni phaenomenôn, et comite ejus Planeta Novo

Cristiani Hugenii Zulichemii, Const. f. Systema Saturnium

Huygens, Christiaan
Ex typographia Adriani Vlacq
MDCLIX [1659]

No. 009 

Christiaan Huygens and his Systema Saturnium

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Ioannis Keppleri Harmonices mundi libri V

Kepler, Johannes; Ptolemy; Fludd, Robert
sumptibus Godofredi Tampachii ..., excudebat Ioannes Plancus
anno MDCXIX [1619]

6. Third Law

Cover of Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica

Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica

Newton, Isaac
Jussu Societatis Regiae ac Typis Josephi Streater. Prostat apud plures bibliopolas
Anno MDCLXXXVII [1687]

11. Universal Gravitation

Cover of Sidereus nuncius

Sidereus nuncius

Galilei, Galileo
Apud Thomam Baglionum
MDCX [1610]

7.  Telescope
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The new American practical navigator

Bowditch, Nathaniel; Stuart, Gilbert
Printed at Newburyport, Mass., 1802, by Edmund M. Blunt, for Cushing and Appleton, Salem : Sold by every book-seller, ship- chandler, and mathematical-instrument-maker in the United States and West Indies
[1802]

15. Applied Astronomy

Adams postulated mathmatically the existance of an unknown planet from its gravitational manifestations in this pamphlet.

Cover of Traité de mécanique céleste

Traité de mécanique céleste

Laplace, Pierre Simon, marquis de
De L'Imprimerie de Crapelet : Chez J.B.M. Duprat
an 7 [1798]-1827.

Heralds of Science 14. Dynamical Astronomy

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Traité de mécanique céleste t 3

Laplace, Pierre Simon, marquis de
De L'Imprimerie de Crapelet : Chez J.B.M. Duprat
an 7 [1798]-1827

14. Dynamical Astronomy

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Traité de mécanique céleste t 5

Laplace, Pierre Simon, marquis de
De L'Imprimerie de Crapelet : Chez J.B.M. Duprat
an 7 [1798]-1827

14. Dynamical Astronomy

Cover of Traité de mécanique céleste

Traité de mécanique céleste t. 2

Laplace, Pierre Simon, marquis de
De L'Imprimerie de Crapelet : Chez J.B.M. Duprat
an 7 [1798]-1827

14. Dynamical Astronomy

Cover of Traité de mécanique céleste

Traité de mécanique céleste t. 4

Laplace, Pierre Simon, marquis de
De L'Imprimerie de Crapelet : Chez J.B.M. Duprat
an 7 [1798]-1827

14. Dynamical Astronomy

Cover of Traité de mécanique céleste

Traité de mécanique céleste t.1

Laplace, Pierre Simon, marquis de
De L'Imprimerie de Crapelet : Chez J.B.M. Duprat
an 7 [1798]-1827

14. Dynamical Astronomy

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