Observations of the apparent distances and positions of 380 double and triple stars, made in the years 1821, 1822, and 1823, and compared with those of other astronomers : together with an account of such changes as appear to have taken place in them since their first discovery : also a description of a five-feet equatorial instrument employed in the observations / by J.F.W. Herschel and James South.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Herschel, John F. W. (John Frederick William), 1792-1871.

Contributor:

South, James, 1785-1867.

Series:

Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Science, Technology, and Medicine, Part I.

Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Science, Technology, and Medicine, Part I

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Astronomy--Observations.

Astronomy.

Double stars.

Stars, Triple.

Telescopes.

Physical Description:

1 online resource ([1], 412, [11] p., iii leaves of plates (1 folded)) : ill.

Other Title:

Observations of the apparent distances and positions of 380 double and triple stars, made in the years 1821, 1822, and 1823, and compared with those of other astronomers

Place of Publication:

London : Printed by W. Nicol, 1825.

Notes:

"From the Philosophical transactions"--t.p.

Includes index.

Includes errata.

"Read January 15, 1824."--P. [1], 2nd count.

Reproduction of the original from the Huntington Library.

OCLC:

879312868