Choir gaur; the grand orrery of the ancient Druids commonly called Stonehenge, on Salisbury Plain, astronomically explained, and mathematically proved to be a temple erected in the earliest ages, for observing the motions of the heavenly bodies. Illustrated with three copper plates
by John Smith
- First published:
- 18th century
- Language: English
- Content type: Primary source
vi, 73 pages, 3 folded leaves of plates : (4to)
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Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Megaliths, stone circles, and archaeoastronomy.
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2 editions cataloged here.
| Edition | Date | Publisher | Language | ISBN | Access | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Internet Archive institutional pre-1900 scan | 1771-01-01T00:00:00Z | Salisbury [England] : Printed for the author, and sold by E. Easton ; London : Sold also by R. Horsfield ... and J. White ... | English | — | Public digitized item | |
Wellcome Collection bibliographic record vi, 73 pages, 3 folded leaves of plates : illustrations, plans ; (4to) | 1771 | Printed for the author, and sold by E. Easton ; | English | — | Public digitized item |
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Cataloging notes
- Contributing institution: Wellcome Library
- Digitization sponsor: Wellcome Library
- Internet Archive institutional collection: europeanlibraries; medicalheritagelibrary; wellcomelibrary
- Scanner: scribe2.euston.archive.org
- Scanner: scribe3.euston.archive.org
- Source-reported rights: <a href="http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/" rel="ugc nofollow">This work is available under the Creative Commons, Public Domain Mark</a>
- Source-reported rights: This work is available under the Creative Commons, Public Domain Mark
- Catalog id
- internet-archive:b30409950_0002
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- Multi source partial
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