Author:James Ferguson

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James Ferguson
(1710–1776)

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Scottish astronomer, instrument and globe maker

James Ferguson

Works

Astronomical Tables (1763)
Lectures on Select Subjects (first edition, 1761, edited by Sir David Brewster in 1805)
Astronomy explained upon Sir Isaac Newton's Principles (1756, edited by Sir David Brewster in 1811)
Select Mechanical Exercises, with a Short Account of the Life of the Author, written by himself (1773).

Journal articles

"The Description of a new and safe Crane, which has four different Powers; invented by Mr. James Ferguson, F. R. S." in Philosophical Transactions, volume 54 (1764)
"The Description of a New Hygrometer" in Philosophical Transactions, volume 54 (1764)

Works about Ferguson

"Ferguson, James (1710-1776)," in Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, London: Smith, Elder, & Co. (1885–1900) in 63 vols.

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