John Senex
An English cartographer, engraver and explorer (<a href=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Senex>Wikipedia</a>).
Born 1678-01-01
Died 1740-01-01
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL5781718A
Top Subjects
- Early works to 1800 (5)
- Maps (2)
- North America (1)
- Anthony Hammond (1668-1738) (1)
- Solar eclipses (1)
- Moon (1)
- Valuation (1)
Books by John Senex
Total count: 8
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Modern geography: or all known countries in the worldLaid down from the latest observations and discoveries, communicated to the Royal Society of London and Academy of Sciences at Parisfor T. Bowles & T. Bowles & Son1708-01-01
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North America corrected from the observations communicated to the Royal Society at London and the Royal Academy at ParisAt the Globe in Salisbury Court near Fleetstreet in London]1710-01-01
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An exact description of the total and visible eclipse of the moon August 29th 1718 in the eveningSold by I. Senez at the Globe in Salisbury court near Fleetstreet. And W. Taylor at the Ship in Paternoster row. Where may be had Dr. Halley's scheme of the next total and visible eclipse of [the] sun1718-01-01
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The transit of the total shadow of the moon over Europe in the eclipse of the sun May 11th. 1724. in the eveningNB. There is herewith published by the author a treatise of the calculation of solar eclipses without parallaxes; with a specimen of the same in this eclipse both printed for I Senex at the Globe against St. Dunstans church in Fleetstreet1724-01-01
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The gentleman's steward and tenants of manors instructedcontaining rational, easy, and familiar rules and tables for finding the value of estates of freehold, copyhold, or leasehold, as well on lives as for years absolute, &c. ; with an enquiry into the nature of the annual disbursements, precariousness of the tenure, and casualties, that estates in fields or houses, or both, are charged with, or liable to ; and how they are to be accounted for in the valuation ; ... the tables for valuing estates on lives being founded on Dr. Halley's hypothesis, and calculated by the method laid down by Mr. Abr. de Moivre ... ; to which is added, an appendix : containing the description and use of an instrument for discovering the number of feet contained in any timber-trees, by inspection onlyJohn Senex1730-01-01
A Short Account of the First Settlement of the Provinces of Virginia, Maryland, New York, New ...Printed at the Condé Nast Press by D. C . McMurtie1735-01-01-
Geography anatomiz'd, or, The geographical grammarbeing a short and exact analysis of the whole body of modern geography, after a new and curious methodThe Nineteenth edition, corrected, and somewhat enlarged; with a set of new maps by Mr. Senex.Printed for J. and P. Knapton, J. Brotherton, J. Clarke, S. Birt, T. Longman, C. Hitch, R. Hett, J. Hodges, M. Cooper, J. Davidson, J. and J. Rivington, and J. Ward1749-01-01
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Atlas celestiscontaining the following hemispheres wherein are carefully laid down all the stars in Mr. Flamstead's catalogue as published by Dr. Halley : being above 2000 more than ever where inserted upon any hemisphere wherein the asterisms are so designed as to answer the description of the antients and the letters of reference made use of by Bayer in his tables are insertedCarington Bowles1769-01-01