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James Ferguson

1710 - 1776

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James Ferguson (25 April 1710 – 17 November 1776) lecturer on natural philosophy and inventor of scientific instruments, was born on 25 April 1710.
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Patricia Rothman, ‘Ferguson, James (1710–1776)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Oct 2007 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/9320, accessed 23 Sept 2014]
Analysis of a Course of Lectures on Mechanics, Hydrostatistics, Hydraulics, Pneumatics, Spherics, and Astronomy
A Plain Method of Determining the Parallax of Venus, by Her Transit Over the Sun
Lectures on Select Subjects in Mechanics, Hydrostatics, Hydraulics, Pneumatics, and Optics, with the Use of the Globes, the Art of Dialing, and the Calculation of the Mean Times of New and Full Moons and Eclipses
An Easy Introduction to Astronomy, for Young Gentlemen and Ladies

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