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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... figure of the earth , from the time of Newton to that of Laplace , 2 vols , 8vo , cloth , 1873 . £ 3 160 Treatises , Popular , on science written during the middle ages , in Anglo - Saxon , Anglo - Norman , and English . Edited by T ...
... figure of the earth , from the time of Newton to that of Laplace , 2 vols , 8vo , cloth , 1873 . £ 3 160 Treatises , Popular , on science written during the middle ages , in Anglo - Saxon , Anglo - Norman , and English . Edited by T ...
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... figure of the earth and treatise on tides and waves by G. Airy , 22 plates , 4to , cloth , 1848 . £ 1 2S 204 206 Faye ( H. ) Cours d'astronomie de l'Ecole Polytechnique , engravings , 2 vols , roy8vo , half roan , 1881-83 . 205 Euler ...
... figure of the earth and treatise on tides and waves by G. Airy , 22 plates , 4to , cloth , 1848 . £ 1 2S 204 206 Faye ( H. ) Cours d'astronomie de l'Ecole Polytechnique , engravings , 2 vols , roy8vo , half roan , 1881-83 . 205 Euler ...
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... figure of the earth , pre- cession and nutation , the calculus of variations and the undulatory theory of optics , 5 plates , 3rd edition , 8vo , 1842 . the same , 4th edition , 8vo , cloth , 1858 . Numerical lunar theory , 4to , cloth ...
... figure of the earth , pre- cession and nutation , the calculus of variations and the undulatory theory of optics , 5 plates , 3rd edition , 8vo , 1842 . the same , 4th edition , 8vo , cloth , 1858 . Numerical lunar theory , 4to , cloth ...
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... figure des planètes , 2 parts , 4to ( P. ) , 1895 . 688 Cassini ( J. D. ) Theoriae motus cometae anni 1664 pars prima . Cum nova inuestigationis methodo , plate , folio , 1665 . 4S 9s 689 ( J. ) Methode de déterminer le première ...
... figure des planètes , 2 parts , 4to ( P. ) , 1895 . 688 Cassini ( J. D. ) Theoriae motus cometae anni 1664 pars prima . Cum nova inuestigationis methodo , plate , folio , 1665 . 4S 9s 689 ( J. ) Methode de déterminer le première ...
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... figure elliptique des planètes . Théorie des attractions des sphéroides et de la figure des planètes , 4to , calf , 1784-85 . IOS 810 A treatise of celestial mechanics , translated with notes by H. Harte , books 1 and 2 ( all pub ...
... figure elliptique des planètes . Théorie des attractions des sphéroides et de la figure des planètes , 4to , calf , 1784-85 . IOS 810 A treatise of celestial mechanics , translated with notes by H. Harte , books 1 and 2 ( all pub ...
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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.
Page 82 - AN OUTLINE OF THE METHOD OF CONDUCTING A TRIGONOMETRICAL SURVEY. For the Formation of Geographical and Topographical Maps and Plans, Military Reconnaissance, LEVELLING, &c., with Useful Problems, Formulae, and Tables.
Page 50 - Dove ne i congressi di quattro giornate si discorre sopra i due Massimi Sistemi del Mondo Tolemaico e Copernicano, proponendo indeterminatamente le ragioni filosofiche e naturali tanto per l'una, quanto per l'altra parte. Con privilegi, in Fiorenza per Gio. Batista Landini, MDCXXXII. Con licenza de
Page 94 - BAZLEY. —THE STARS IN THEIR COURSES : A Twofold Series of Maps, with a Catalogue, showing how to identify, at any time of the year, all stars down to the 5.6 magnitude, inclusive of Heis, which are clearly visible in English latitudes. By TS Bazley, MA. Author of "Notes on the Epicycloidal Cutting Frame.
Page 18 - WORLDS THAN OURS ; The Plurality of Worlds Studied under the Light of Recent Scientific Researches. With 14 Illustrations, crown 8vo.
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.
Page 16 - The Planetary and Stellar Worlds: A Popular Exposition of the Great Discoveries and Theories of Modern Astronomy.
Page 82 - On the figure requisite to maintain the Equilibrium of a Homogeneous Fluid Mass that revolves upon an Axis, (Ibid.
Page 31 - Directions for making the best composition for the metals of Reflecting Telescopes, together with a description of the process for grinding, polishing, and giving the great speculum the true parabolic form.