Astronomy, as it is known at the present day : with an account of the nature and use of astronomical instruments, the manner of calculating the notes of the calendar, the distances and magnitudes of the planets, and a number of other useful and interesting calculations in astronomy /
Carey, George Guthrie.
Knight, Joseph,active 1825,former owner.StEdNL
London : Printed by and for William Cole, 10, Newgate-Street,
1825.
Carey was a scientific lecturer and author from Arbroath in Scotland. He taught in both Edinburgh and London, and published a number of popular works, including in the same year "Chemistry as it is", as well as similar works on commercial mathematics. He was the founder of the Arbroath Mechanics Institute, and was also one of the five astronomical computers who worked on the Nautical Almanac.
Includes a 'Supplement to astronomy as it is, compared with what it was'.
Includes bibliographical references.
Manuscript signature on the recto of the front free endpaper "Jos Knight Sept 5th 1825".
Astronomy
England London.