Note Orbit Comet by Lubbock John (1 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. LUBBOCK, John. "Note on the Orbit of Comet Halley" and "Addition to [this] Note" AND (by Lubbock): "On the Determination of the Orbit of a Comet" WITH "Supplement to a Paper on the Determination of the Orbit of a Comet" in "Memoirs of the Royal Astronomical Society", volume 4, London, published by the Society, 1831. Complete volume 4, offered as vol IV part I and part II, bound together: 234,viii,(235)-689,ii pp. Light ex-library copy in calf-backed cloth boards. Two bookplates on front pastedown, plus slight remnants of another bookplate on front free endpaper; also a 8mm library stamp on bottom of spine. That said this is a very fresh copy with reinforced hinges this may be a contemporary binding or it was bound in a few decades afterwards. [++] Included in this volume are: James Epps, "Tables for Readily ascertaining the Azimuthal Deviation of a Transit Instrument from the Meridian by the observed transits of two stars."; Captain George EVEREST, "Remarks respecting the errors likely to arise in the determination of the length of the Pendulum, from the false position of the fixed axes". Francis BAILY: "A Catalogue of the Positions (in 1690) of 564 Stars observed by Flamsteed but not inserted in his British Catalogue; together with some Remarks on Flamsteed's Observations". Also in this bound volume, appearing in vol. IV part II: Henry KATER, "On an Appearance of Divisions in the Exterior Ring of Saturn", pp 383-391. BAILY, "Mayer's Catalogue of Stars." pp 391-449. Also in this bound volume, appearing in vol. IV part II: Henry KATER, "On an Appearance of Divisions in the Exterior Ring of Saturn", pp 383-391. BAILY, "Mayer's Catalogue of Stars." pp 391-449. Also: LUBBOCK, J.W. "On Notation", pp 471-481. (In this article Lubbock quotes Mr. Babbage saying something extremely sane and logical: "Professor Babbage says, "We must adhere to one notation for one thing. It is particularly unphilosophical and contrary to the whole spirit of symbolic reasoning, to employ the same signs for the representation of different operations: to do so is an error which should never be tolerated, not the most brilliant discoveries nor the most illustrious name, can justify such an innovation." ALSO: LITTROW, "On Barlow's New Telescope, pp 481-495. AND: LITTROW, "On the Theory of Telescope Eye-glasses", pp 599-623. G.B. AIRY, "On a Method of determining the Mass of the Moon," pp 235-239. F. BAILEY, "On Mr. Pond's recent Catalogue of the Places of 720 principal Stars." pp 255-293. Edward RIDDLE, "On finding the Longitude from an Observed Occulation of a fixed star by the Moon". And much more. "Note on the Orbit of Comet Halley" and "Addition to [this] Note" AND (by Lubbock): "On the Determination of the Orbit of a Comet" WITH "Supplement to a Paper on the Determination of the Orbit of a Comet" in "Memoirs of the Royal Astronomical Society", volume 4, London, published by the Society, 1831. Complete volume 4, offered as vol IV part I and part II, bound together: 234,viii,(235)-689,ii pp. Light ex-library copy in calf-backed cloth boards. Two bookplates on front pastedown, plus slight remnants of another bookplate on front free endpaper; also a 8mm library stamp on bottom of spine. That said this is a very fresh copy with reinforced hinges this may be a contemporary binding or it was bound in a few decades afterwards. [++] Included in this volume are: James Epps, "Tables for Readily ascertaining the Azimuthal Deviation of a Transit Instrument from the Meridian by the observed transits of two stars."; Captain George EVEREST, "Remarks respecting the errors likely to arise in the determination of the length of the Pendulum, from the false position of the fixed axes". Francis BAILY: "A Catalogue of the Positions (in 1690) of 564 Stars observed by Flamsteed but not inserted in his British Catalogue; together with some Remarks on Flamsteed's Observations". Also in this bound volume, appearing in vol. IV part II: Henry KATER, "On an Appearance of Divisions in.