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English: Title: "The Astronomical Rotula, shewing the change and age of the Moon, the motions of the Sun, Moon, and Nodes; with all the Solar and Lunar Eclipses: by J. Ferguson, with a Description."

British Library shelfmark: Maps K.Top.1.91. Date of publication: 1760.

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Former owner: George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820
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James Ferguson  (1710–1776)  wikidata:Q558101 s:en:Author:James Ferguson
 
James Ferguson
Description British astronomer
Date of birth/death 25 April 1710 Edit this at Wikidata 17 November 1776 / 16 November 1776 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Keith Edit this at Wikidata Edinburgh Edit this at Wikidata
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