A handbook of descriptive and practical astronomy
By: By George F. Chambers ...
Edition: 4th ed. ..
Publisher: Clarendon press
Published: 1889
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Subjects: Astronomy; Astronomical instruments; Stars -- Catalogs; Comets
Notes: Plates XXVII and XXVIII of v. 2 (observatory plans) in pocket.

Title vignettes.

1st edition, 1861; 2d, 1867; 3d, 1876.

"Catalogue of ... comets", v. 1, p. 511-588.

"Tables of the planets", v. 1, p. (651)-671.

"Sketch of the history of astronomy ... a chronological summary", v. 2, p. (468)-486.

"Vocabulary of definitions", v. 2, p. (541)-554.

Catalogues of stars, v. 3, p. 119-334.

Astronomical bibliography, List of published star catalogues and celestial charts, v. 2, p. (487)-505; list of books relating to,or bearing on, astronomy, v. 2, p. 506-515.
Table of contents: title: Contents, v. 1. The sun, planets, and comets.; title: v. 2. Instruments and practical astronomy.; title: v. 3. The starry heavens.