A Classified Catalogue of Manuscripts: Books and Pamphlets on Astronomy, Including the Libraries of Captain W. Noble, E. Crossley, Miss A.M. Clerke, A.A. Common |
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... centuries , and have , by laborious collation and comparison , satisfied ourselves that all are perfect . 04 That a certain amount of success has rewarded our labours may be illus- trated by the fact that we can now offer over 3,600 ...
... centuries , and have , by laborious collation and comparison , satisfied ourselves that all are perfect . 04 That a certain amount of success has rewarded our labours may be illus- trated by the fact that we can now offer over 3,600 ...
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... century , 4th edition 8vo , cloth , 1902 . 15S An excellent popular account of the more recent progress of the science . Also nos . 23 , 36 , 41 , 42 , 74 . Manuals . Chambers ( G. ) A handbook of descriptive astronomy , 4th edition , 3 ...
... century , 4th edition 8vo , cloth , 1902 . 15S An excellent popular account of the more recent progress of the science . Also nos . 23 , 36 , 41 , 42 , 74 . Manuals . Chambers ( G. ) A handbook of descriptive astronomy , 4th edition , 3 ...
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... century . Translated by T. Churchill , 8vo , half calf , 1803 . 31 Brahe ( T. ) epistolarum astronomicarum libri quorum primus . . 32 33 75 principis Gulielmi Hassiae Landtgrauij responsa ad singulas complectitur , portrait and ...
... century . Translated by T. Churchill , 8vo , half calf , 1803 . 31 Brahe ( T. ) epistolarum astronomicarum libri quorum primus . . 32 33 75 principis Gulielmi Hassiae Landtgrauij responsa ad singulas complectitur , portrait and ...
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... century , 8vo , cloth , 1852 . Still remains the standard work on the history of gravitational astronomy . IOS 75 Guerin ( J. ) Astronomie Indienne d'après la doctrine et les livres anciens et modernes des Brammes , 4 plates , 8vo ...
... century , 8vo , cloth , 1852 . Still remains the standard work on the history of gravitational astronomy . IOS 75 Guerin ( J. ) Astronomie Indienne d'après la doctrine et les livres anciens et modernes des Brammes , 4 plates , 8vo ...
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... century , 4to , 1812 . of the IOS 6d 137 Weld ( C. ) A history of the Royal Society , with memoirs of the presidents , plates , 2 vols , 8vo , cloth , 1848. ( pub . £ 1 10s . ) 78 138 Sallusti ( G. de ' ) Storia dell ' origine e de ...
... century , 4to , 1812 . of the IOS 6d 137 Weld ( C. ) A history of the Royal Society , with memoirs of the presidents , plates , 2 vols , 8vo , cloth , 1848. ( pub . £ 1 10s . ) 78 138 Sallusti ( G. de ' ) Storia dell ' origine e de ...
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Page 69 - SCHELLEN'S SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, in its application to Terrestrial Substances and the Physical Constitution of the Heavenly Bodies. Translated by JANE and C. LASSELL; edited, with Notes, by W. HUGGINS, LL.D. FRS With 13 Plates (6 coloured) and 223 Woodcuts. 8vo. price 28s. CELESTIAL OBJECTS for COMMON TELESCOPES.
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Page 73 - A Plain Method of determining the Parallax of Venus by her Transit over the Sun, and from thence, by Analogy, the Parallax and Distance of the Sun, and of all the rest of the Planets.
Page 65 - Spectra from wave length 4,870 to 3,300, together with a discussion of the evolutional order of the stars, and the interpretation of their spectra, preceded by a short history of the Observatory and its work.
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Page 82 - On the figure requisite to maintain the Equilibrium of a Homogeneous Fluid Mass that revolves upon an Axis, (Ibid.
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