William Pearson

An Introduction to Practical Astronomy

Volume 1: Containing Tables for Facilitating the Reduction of Celestial Observations, and a Popular Explanati

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Produktbeschreibung

Published in 1824-9, this two-volume guide to astronomical observation and calculation was among the first to appear in English.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 568
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Juli 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 297mm x 210mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 1454g
• ISBN-13: 9781108064057
• ISBN-10: 1108064051
• Artikelnr.: 39358378

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Refractions
Precessions
Zach's constants
New general table
Universal tables by Delambre
Differential tables by Zach
Diurnal aberration
General tables by Gauss
Longitudes and latitudes
Meridian
Terrestrial graduation
Time
48 principal stars
Bessel's table of 1818
Solar tables
Lunar tables
Zodiacal tables
Circle
Planetary tables
Pole star
Catalogues
Additional tables
Appendix.