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: 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.
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.
Table of contents: title: v. 1. The sun, planets, and comets.; title: v. 2. Instruments and practical astronomy.; title: v. 3. The starry heavens.