Edward Wright, The Description and Use of the Sphere (1613)
Date
1613
Author
Edward
Wright
Note: 30/09/2005
Book title
The Description and vse of the Sphære Deuided into three principal Partes: Whereof The first intreateth especially of the circles of the vppermost moueable Sphære, and of the manifould vses of euery one of them seuerally: The second sheweth the plentifull Vse of the vppermost Sphære, and of the circles therof ioyntly: The third conteyneth the Description of the Orbes whereof the Sphæres of the sunne and moone haue beene supposed to be made, with their motions and vses
Publication place
London
Publisher
John Tap
Text type
printed book
Genre
Hard-word, term-of-art, and dialect dictionaries, glossaries, and definitions
Subject area
- cosmography and astrology
- mathematics
Summary
Chapter 8 is "The definitions of certaine Astronomicall wordes of art, for the better vnderstanding of the Theorick of the same" (pp. 79-81); and Chapter 9 is "The definitions of certaine astronomicall wordes of art, for the better vnderstanding of the theorick of the Moone" (pp. 92-94). Logical definitions also appear in other places of the book.
Language
headwords: English
explanations: English
explanations: English
explanations: English
explanations: English
Word-group
type: alphabetical
Word-entry
type: headword
sample: 9. The æquation, or prosthaphæresis of the sun is nothing els but the arch of the ecliptick conteyned betwene the true, & middle places of the sun. (p. 80)
sample: 9. The æquation, or prosthaphæresis of the sun is nothing els but the arch of the ecliptick conteyned betwene the true, & middle places of the sun. (p. 80)
STC
26021
Other editions
1627: STC 26022
Facsimiles
Wright, Edward. The Description and Use of the Sphaere. The English experience, no. 136. Amsterdam and New York: Theatrum Orbis Terrarum and Da Capo Press, 1969.
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Criticisms
Morris, W. F. "Edward Wright and his Work." Imago mundi 3 (1939): 67-71.
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