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Frontispiece: Portrait of James Ferguson

  • 1867

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Frontispiece portrait engraving of James Ferguson. In this half-bust portrait engraving, Ferguson is posed with his hand on a celestial globe. His facsimile signature can be found underneath the portrait.

Autobiography of Scottish Astronomer James Ferguson, who is known for his astronomical and scientific instrument inventions. The frontispiece portrait of Ferguson and title page have been digitized from this work.

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  • 503 pages
  • 23 cm H
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Ferguson, James. “Frontispiece: Portrait of James Ferguson.” Life of James Ferguson, F.R.S. Edinburgh, Scotland, 1867. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/rj430561f.

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