An Introduction to Practical Astronomy: Volume 1 Pearson Paperback 9781108064057
An Introduction to Practical Astronomy: Volume 1Containing Tables for Facilitating the Reduction of Celestial Observations, and a Popular Explanation of their Construction and Use\nAuthor(s): William Pearson\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781108064057, 978-1108064057\nSynopsis\nAlthough 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 [tel] 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 ef.
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