Expanding the Solar System: Lardner Introduces the New Planets

The New Planets; Expanding the Map of the Solar System . A nineteenth-century survey of the expanding heavens, capturing the excitement of an era when the solar system seemed to grow by the decade. By Dionysius Lardner. A complete article printed in 1855.

London: Walton and Maberly, 1855. Booklet - Unbound Pages. Very Good Condition. Item #373828

Discusses newly identified planets and their place in the expanding solar system. 10 Pages. Illustrated with wood engravings. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Supplied without a title page. This particular trial report has been removed from a volume of Lardner's Museum of Science & Art and is now preserved in a modern loose card cover - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 11 x 18 cms. Category: Museum of Science & Art;.

Keywords: BZDB395 "planets, discovery, astronomy, Uranus, Neptune, celestial, orbit" Museum of Science & Art; Expanding the Solar System: Lardner Introduces the New Planets The New Planets; Expanding the Map of the Solar System . A nineteenth-century surve

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