Detail View: David Rumsey Historical Map Collection: Herschel.
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Author:
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Moon, F. G.
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Date:
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1829
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Short Title:
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Herschel.
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Publisher:
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F. G. Moon
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Publisher Location:
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London
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Type:
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Celestial Map
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Obj Height cm:
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10
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Obj Width cm:
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7
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Note:
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Card in white suit (representing winter), showing the planet Herschel, or Uranus, according to its first name, after the British amateur astronomer and telescope-maker William Herschel, who discovered the planet on March 13,1781. Features astronomical symbol.
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Region:
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Uranus
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Subject:
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Celestial
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Full Title:
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Herschel : Diameter 34,201 miles; distance from the sun 1,795,991,709 miles; revolutions round the sun 83 yr. 150 d. 18 h.; progressions per hour 15,450 miles; of its orbit inclination 16 1/2 min.; eccentricity 83,818,933 miles.
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List No:
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14006.054
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Series No:
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54
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Engraver or Printer:
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J. & G. Pickett
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Publication Author:
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Moon, F. G.
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Pub Date:
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1829
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Pub Title:
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Astronomia. London. Published by F. G. Moon, 20 Threadneedle Street, 1829.
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Pub Note:
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Deck of 52 cards with celestial imagery. Cards include four suits represented by different colors, after the seasons, each with zodiac signs, a luminary, and the major and minor planets: Mercury, Venus, Tellus (or Earth), Mars, Vesta, Juno, Pallas, Ceres, Jupiter, Saturn and Herschel (or Uranus). Suits are as follows - Spring in blue: Aries, Taurus and Gemini, as well as Luna (or the moon); Summer in red: Cancer, Leo and Virgo, as well as the Sun; Autumn in yellow: Libra, Scorpio and Sagittarius, as well as the comet of 1680; Winter in white: Capicorn, Aquarius and Pisces, as well as the orbits. Each card features an astrological or astronomical symbol. Designed and published by F. G. Moon, London: 1829 (first edition). Steel engravings by J & G Pickett. Second edition, 1831, included an instruction booklet.
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Pub List No:
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14006.000
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Pub Type:
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Celestial Atlas
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Pub Type:
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Game
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Pub Maps:
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52
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Pub Height cm:
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10
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Pub Width cm:
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7
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Image No:
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14006054.jp2
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Authors:
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Moon, F. G.
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