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Author Philo-Pegasus.
Title Eclipse races, (addressed to the ladies:) : being an impartial account of the celestial coursers and their riders, starting together, April 1, 1764, for the eclipse-plate-prize. Their distinctions and achievements. Whose were the competitors, distanced, thrown out, or met with accidents, in the contending enterprize. Who won the prize, popular fears and apprehensions, with suitable remarks. And the true appearance of the race represented. Some customs, in our public observatories and mathematical schools, referred to the consideration, power, and justice, of the discerning ladies. ... / By Philo-Pegasus, a lover of truth.
Publication Info London: : Printed for the author; and sold by J. Whiston and B. White, W. Sandby, booksellers, and B. Cole, mathematical-instrument-maker,Fleet-street; and several other booksellers and mathematical-instrument-makers., MDCCLXIV. [1764]



Descript 24 p.
Note A satire on the calculations in the Ephemerides of the year.
Reproduction of original in the British Library.
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Author Philo-Pegasus.
Series Early English books online.
Subject Ephemerides -- Early works to 1800.
Satire, English -- Early works to 1800.
Descript 24 p.
Note A satire on the calculations in the Ephemerides of the year.
Reproduction of original in the British Library.
Author Philo-Pegasus.
Series Early English books online.
Subject Ephemerides -- Early works to 1800.
Satire, English -- Early works to 1800.

Subject Ephemerides -- Early works to 1800.
Satire, English -- Early works to 1800.
Descript 24 p.
Note A satire on the calculations in the Ephemerides of the year.
Reproduction of original in the British Library.

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