Lot 330

PEARSON (Revd W)
An introduction to practical astronomy

Auction: 24 November 2001 at 11:00 GMT
£920
Description
...1st edition, 2 volumes, 31 engraved plates of scientific instruments at end of volume 2, contemporary marbled boards, half calf, joints worn, large 4to., London, 1824-1829
Vol. 1: conatins tables for faciltating the reduction of celestial observations
Vol 2: Descriptions of the various instruments, that have been usefully employed in determining the places of the heavenly bodies with an account of the methods of adjusting and using them. With the bookplate of the Royal Military College.
Footnote
Note: The author was a senior official of the Astronomical Society of London
