An Introduction to Practical Astronomy: Volume 1: Containing Tables for Facilitating the Reduction of Celestial Observations, and a Popular Explanatio

by William Pearson

Although 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108064051
• ISBN13: 9781108064057
• Release Date: September 2013
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 568 Pages
• Weight: 2.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 8.3" x 11.7"