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020 _a9781139644693 (ebook)
020 _z9781108064064 (paperback)
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050 4 _aQB145
_b.P3 2013
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100 1 _aPearson, W.
_q(William),
_d1767-1847,
_eauthor.
245 1 3 _aAn introduction to practical astronomy :
_bcontaining descriptions of the various instruments that have been usefully employed in determining the places of the heavenly bodies.
_nVolume 2 /
_cWilliam Pearson.
264 1 _aCambridge :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c2013.
300 _a1 online resource (1 volume (various pagings)) :
_bdigital, PDF file(s).
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aCambridge library collection. Astronomy
500 _aOriginally published: London : Printed for the author, and sold by Messrs. Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, Paternoster Row, 1829.
500 _aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
520 _aAlthough astronomical guides were available in the early nineteenth century, they tended to come from continental presses and were rarely in English. This two-volume work by the clergyman and astronomer William Pearson (1767-1847) aimed, with brilliant success, to compile data from extant sources into one of the first English practical guides to astronomy. Most of the tables were updated and improved versions, and some were wholly reconstructed to streamline the calculation processes. Sir John Herschel dubbed it 'one of the most important and extensive works on that subject which has ever issued from the press', and for his efforts Pearson was awarded the gold medal of the Astronomical Society. First published in 1829, Volume 2 provides full descriptions of a range of astronomical instruments, alongside instructions for their use and some pertinent equations and tables. In the history of science, Pearson's work reflects the contemporary challenges of celestial study.
650 0 _aAstronomy
_xTables.
650 0 _aAstronomical instruments.
650 0 _aSpherical astronomy.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_z9781108064064
830 0 _aCambridge library collection.
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139644693
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