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020 _a9781139833738 (ebook)
020 _z9781108061735 (paperback)
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050 4 _aQB357
_b.E5 1793
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100 1 _aEnglefield, Henry,
_cSir,
_d1752-1822,
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aOn the Determination of the Orbits of Comets :
_bAccording to the Methods of Father Boscovich and Mr de la Place /
_cHenry Englefield.
264 1 _aPlace of publication not identified :
_bpublisher not identified,
_c1793.
264 1 _aCambridge :
_bCambridge University Press
300 _a1 online resource (xi, iv, 204, [56], 4 pages) :
_bdigital, PDF file(s).
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aCambridge library collection. Astronomy
500 _a"This edition first published 1793. This digitally printed version 2013"--Title page verso.
520 _aWhen this book first appeared in 1793, there had been no significant work on comets published in English since Edmond Halley's death some fifty years before. In Europe the field was dominated by French astronomers such as Pingré and Laplace, but their ornate styles were often difficult to translate. In this concise monograph, Sir Henry Englefield (c.1752-1822) draws both on this continental work and on his own correspondence with William Herschel to produce one of the few accessible manuals in English for the computation of cometary orbits. He includes mathematical examples as new formulae are introduced, along with detailed tables and appendices. Englefield's particular interest was in the development of scientific instruments suitable for travellers - he devised a portable telescope and lent his name to the Englefield mountain barometer - and his passion for efficiency shines through in this work, still valuable to researchers in the history of astronomy and comet science.
650 0 _aComets
_xOrbits
_vEarly works to 1800.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_z9781108061735
830 0 _aCambridge library collection.
_pAstronomy.
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139833738
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