{"product_id":"an-introduction-to-practical-astronomy-volume-2-containing-descriptions-of-the-various-instruments-that-have-been-usefully-employed-in-determining-the-places-of-the-heavenly-bodies-paperback-9781108064064","title":"An Introduction to Practical Astronomy: Volume 2; Containing Descriptions of the Various Instruments that Have Been Usefully Employed in Determining the Places of the Heavenly Bodies (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108064064","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eAn Introduction to Practical Astronomy: Volume 2\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eContaining Descriptions of the Various Instruments that Have Been Usefully Employed in Determining the Places of the Heavenly Bodies\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublished in 1824–9, this two-volume guide to astronomical observation and calculation was among the first to appear in English.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eWilliam Pearson (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108064064, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 5 September 2013\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e776 pages, 51 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e29.7 x 21 x 3.9 cm, 1.83 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAlthough astronomical guides were available in the early nineteenth century, they tended to come from continental presses and were rarely in English. This two-volume work by the clergyman and astronomer William Pearson (1767–1847) aimed, with brilliant success, to compile data from extant sources into one of the first English practical guides to astronomy. Most of the tables were updated and improved versions, and some were wholly reconstructed to streamline the calculation processes. Sir John Herschel dubbed it 'one of the most important and extensive works on that subject which has ever issued from the press', and for his efforts Pearson was awarded the gold medal of the Astronomical Society. First published in 1829, Volume 2 provides full descriptions of a range of astronomical instruments, alongside instructions for their use and some pertinent equations and tables. In the history of science, Pearson's work reflects the contemporary challenges of celestial study.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Preliminary remarks\u003cbr\u003e 2. On the situation, structure, and furniture of an observatory\u003cbr\u003e 3. Rotative dome\u003cbr\u003e 4. Refracting telescopes with celestial eye-pieces\u003cbr\u003e 5. Diagonal eye-pieces\u003cbr\u003e 6. Celestial eye-pieces with variable powers\u003cbr\u003e 7. Erect eye-pieces\u003cbr\u003e 8. A popular explanation of the achromatism of the refracting telescope\u003cbr\u003e 9. Stands for achromatic telescopes\u003cbr\u003e 10. Equatorial or parallatic stands\u003cbr\u003e 11. The construction and use of the dynameter\u003cbr\u003e 12. The Dorpat refracting telescope\u003cbr\u003e 13. On reflecting telescopes\u003cbr\u003e 14. Stands for reflecting telescopes\u003cbr\u003e 15. The Herschelian forty feet reflector\u003cbr\u003e 16. Herschelian telescope as constructed by Ramage\u003cbr\u003e 17. On the space-penetrating powers of telescopes\u003cbr\u003e 18. An historical account of the different methods of measuring small celestial arcs\u003cbr\u003e 19. Spider's-line micrometer\u003cbr\u003e 20. Other methods of determining the value of a screw\u003cbr\u003e 21. Micrometrical scale with a constant magnifying power\u003cbr\u003e 22. On the different methods of illuminating the lines in the eye-piece of a telescope\u003cbr\u003e 23. A new polymetric reticle\u003cbr\u003e 24. Reticulated diaphragms\u003cbr\u003e 25. Circular and annular micrometers\u003cbr\u003e 26. La Caille's method\u003cbr\u003e 27. Smeaton's method\u003cbr\u003e 28. Dollond's object-glass micrometer\u003cbr\u003e 29. Experimental determination of the focal length and errors of a divided object-lens\u003cbr\u003e 30. Dollond's improved object-glass micrometer\u003cbr\u003e 31. Dioptric micrometers\u003cbr\u003e 32. Dioptric micrometer by T. Jones\u003cbr\u003e 33. The divided eye-lens micrometer\u003cbr\u003e 34. Ramsden's catoptric micrometer\u003cbr\u003e 35. Dr Maskylene's prismatic micrometer\u003cbr\u003e 36. The cuneiform micrometer\u003cbr\u003e 37. Rochon's crystal micrometer\u003cbr\u003e 38. Methods of determining the constant angle of a doubly refracting prism of rock crystal\u003cbr\u003e 39. The ocular crystal micrometer\u003cbr\u003e 40. The spherical crystal micrometer\u003cbr\u003e 41. Brewster's micrometrical telescope\u003cbr\u003e 42. The lamp-micrometer\u003cbr\u003e 43. Binocular spider's-line and glass-disc micrometers\u003cbr\u003e 44. On the use of position micrometers\u003cbr\u003e 45. Comparison of several micrometers\u003cbr\u003e 46. On clamps and tangent screws\u003cbr\u003e 47. On the vernier\u003cbr\u003e 48. On the reading microscope\u003cbr\u003e 49. On the plumb-line\u003cbr\u003e 50. On the spirit-level\u003cbr\u003e 51. On artificial horizons\u003cbr\u003e 52. On Flamsteed's and La Caile's methods of observing\u003cbr\u003e 53. On the transit clock\u003cbr\u003e 54. The transit instrument\u003cbr\u003e 55. A portable transit-instrument\u003cbr\u003e 56. Directions for the examination and adjustment of a transit-instrument\u003cbr\u003e 57. To determine the exact place for a meridian mark\u003cbr\u003e 58. On the errors of the transit-instrument in connexion with a clock or chronometer\u003cbr\u003e 59. The Moscow transit-instrument\u003cbr\u003e 60. The Greenwich transit-instrument\u003cbr\u003e 61. Observing and registering transits\u003cbr\u003e 62. Reduction of observed transits into mean right ascensions\u003cbr\u003e 63. On the correction of right ascension common to all stars\u003cbr\u003e 64. Transit-circle by Troughton\u003cbr\u003e 65. Reduction of the apparent zenith distance to the mean polar distance\u003cbr\u003e 66. Ramsden's altitude and azimuth circular instrument\u003cbr\u003e 67. The Westbury altitude and azimuth circle\u003cbr\u003e 68. The South Kilworth altitude and azimuth circle\u003cbr\u003e 69. The collimator\u003cbr\u003e 70. On the uses of a portable altitude and azimuth circular instrument\u003cbr\u003e 71. A new portable altitude, azimuth and zenith instrument\u003cbr\u003e 72. The Greenwich mural circle\u003cbr\u003e Chs. 72-104\u003cbr\u003e Plates.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Popular astronomy \u0026amp; space [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Popular astronomy \u0026amp; space\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Popular%20astronomy%20\u0026amp;%20space%20%5BWNX%5D%22\"\u003eWNX\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46266148684056,"sku":"9781108064064","price":67.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108064064i_d94c71e0-ab9a-4185-9900-8fed1b857685.jpg?v=1696748507","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/an-introduction-to-practical-astronomy-volume-2-containing-descriptions-of-the-various-instruments-that-have-been-usefully-employed-in-determining-the-places-of-the-heavenly-bodies-paperback-9781108064064","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}