Essays on astronomy
Subtitle: a series of papers on planets and meteors, the sun and sun-surrounding space, stars and star cloudlets; and a dissertation on the approaching transits of Venus. Preceded by a sketch of the life and works of Sir John Herschel.
By: By Richard A. Proctor. With ten plates and twenty-four drawings on wood
Publisher: Longman's, Green; 1872
Published: 1872
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 401
Subjects: Herschel, John F. W. -- Sir, -- 1792-1871; Astronomy; Venus (Planet) -- Transit -- 1874