SDUK Stars in 6 Maps
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SDUK Stars in 6 Maps
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The Stars in Six Maps, on the the Gnomonic Projection, revised by the Rev. WR Dawes
These star charts show allegorical images of the various constellations drawn in outline; each chart uses the Gnomonic Projection and includes all the stars up to the fifth magnitude – those that can be seen with the naked eye. The legend also identifies nebula.
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The Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge was founded in 1826 with the high-minded aim of making 'useful' information available to the self-taught. Some of the material was decidedly abstruse, subscribers fell away and the Society was wound up in 1848; however, the series of 209 maps published over a 14 year period from 1829 onwards were highly praised for their superior quality, accuracy and aesthetic appeal and remain an outstanding achievement.
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Six sequentially numbered steel engraved celestial charts, each approx. 30 x 32 cm, and accompanied by title-page and leaf of explanatory text, designed by W Clarke after W Newton, and engraved by John & Charles Walker; original hand colour, blank verso. Read less