Positively the last times : theatre, Dover : Mr. D.F. Walker... has the honour to announce three astronomical lectures on the Eidouranion; or, large transparent orrery... to commence Saturday, 2d, Monday, 4th, and Tuesday, 5th, August, 1817.
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- 1817
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Description
Leaflet advertising a series of lectures about the earth in motion, the moon, tides, planets and satellites, probable construction of the universe, a new zodiac, a plurality of worlds and a comet that rises and falls 400 feet. These were accompanied by music on the celestina (an invention of Mr. Walker) and given at the Dover theatre in Summer 1817.
Publication/Creation
Dover : The Theatre, 1817 (Dover : Ledger and Pascall)
Physical description
1 broadside ; 29 cm
Notes
Printed by Ledger and Pascall, Snargate Street, Dover.
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Location Status Access Closed storesEPH/25/36