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Astronomy National Physical Laboratory.
Report of the Observatory Department for the year 1907 . . .
Teddington:: Parrott & Ashfield 1908. 1908. 261 x 194 mm. 8vo. 45 pp. Tables. Printed wrappers. Ex library spine label. Very good. Parrott & Ashfield, 1908. unknown books
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Astronomy National Physical Laboratory.
Report of the Observatory Department Richmond Surrey and of The Observatory Eskdalemuir Langholm Dumfreisshire for the year 1909. With appendices.
Teddington:: W. R. Parrott 1910. 1910. 262 x 195 mm. 8vo. 62 pp. Tables. Printed wrappers. Ex library rubber stamps on top cover. Very good. W. R. Parrott, 1910. unknown books
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ASTRONOMY. WITTY John; HODGSON James.
A treatise of the sphere; shewing how it is deriv’d from that theory which justly affects the motion of the Earth: as also of the projections of it both orthographical and stereographical; demonstrating their properties from fundamental propositions and showing their uses. . . revis’d and improv’d by James Hodgson. . . .
London: Printed for J. Osborn; and S. Birt 1734. 8vo. vi 2 219 1 pp. including publisher’s ads. With 10 folding copper engraved plates. Contemporary dark polished calf red & gilt morocco spine label very faint tidemark at gutter margin of last couple leaves expertly restored at head & foot of spine still a very good fresh copy from the libraries of John Morris and Robert Harland Waterford w/ ownership markings on title and last page of introduction. Second edition revised & expanded of this excellent posthumous work on spherical projection and applications for astronomy by the former assistant to the astronomer John Flamsteed. The first edition was published posthumously in 1714 and then revised and expanded by Hodgson former assistant to Flamsteed for this edition. Witty 1679-1711/12 was employed by Flamsteed from 1705-1706 in order to oversee the computations necessary to prepare Flamsteed’s notorious Historia Coelestis for the press. Flamsteed after the death of Queen Anne in 1714 retrieved 300 of the 400 copies printed and destroyed them with only 60 surviving copies. After leaving Flamsteed when Newton had withheld payment for the massive work Witty became a chaplain for a gentleman in Hampshire was ordained priest in 1708 and became curate at St. Vedast London until his death. Houzeau & Lancaster 9674 1714 ed. Printed for J. Osborn; and S. Birt, unknown
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ASTRONOMY. KEILL John.
An introduction to the true astronomy: or astronomical lectures read in the astronomical school of the University of Oxford. . . .
London: Printed for Bernard Lintot at the Cross-Keys 1721. 8vo. 8 xv 1 396 12 pp. With 27 of 28 folding copper engraved plates including one of the added plates of the Moon inserted at pp. 108-109 and plates 17 & 18 misnumbered. Contemporary panelled polished calf brown & gilt morocco spine label front hinge w/ splitting edgewear bumping head of spine w/o front endpapers still a G- copy from the library of Richard Chaloner dated 1755 and with occasional annotations & marginalia. First edition in English translated from the 1718 Latin edition of these important lectures on astronomy by one of the most important proponents of Isaac Newton’s scientific philosophy. Keill d. 1721 taught Newton’s natural philosophy by experiments in a mathematical manner instructing in the laws of motion as well as often criticized other contemporaries including Descartes Burnet Leibniz Huygens Spinoza Hobbes and even Bernoulli. See: Wallis Newton 103.172 ESTC T37367. Printed for Bernard Lintot, at the Cross-Keys, unknown
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ASTRONOMY. BONNYCASTLE John.
An introduction to astronomy in a series of letter from a preceptor to his pupil. In which the most useful and interest parts of the science are clearly and familiarly explained. . . .
London: Printed for J. Johnson and co. St. Paul’s Churchyard 1811. 8vo. viii 384 pp. Copper-engraved frontisp. 19 copper-engraved plates most folding. Black half-calf over marbled boards gilt lettering on spine rebacked minor wear to corners rubbing occasional light foxing still VG copy from the library of Charles Douglas Halford 1793-1865 attended Cambridge and finished MA by 1826 East Bergholt Suffolk squire. Sixth revised & expanded edition of Bonnycastle’s 1751-1821 informative work astronomy and astronomical instruments. His astronomy textbook first issued in 1786 was designed for students without a mathematical background and proved so popular it continued to be used until the 1820s. Printed for J. Johnson and co., St. Paul’s Churchyard, hardcover
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ASTRONOMY. ADAMS George.
Astronomical and geographical essays: containing. . . general principles of astronomy. . . .use of the celestial and terrestrial globes. . . description and use of the armillary sphere planetarium. . . ; A catalogue of mathematical and philosophical instruments made and sold by. . . .
London: Printed for the Author by R. Hindmarsh Printer to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales 1790. 8vo. xix 599 1; 15 1 pp. Engraved frontisp. with 21 copper-engraved folding plates. Contemporary brown calf gilt decorated spine red & gilt morocco spine label minor wear & creasing to spine edgewear hinges split occasional light foxing still a G copy w/ manuscript annotations and corrections in the text on a few leaves w/ bookseller’s label on ffep. at gutter margin for Malcolm Gardner Horological Bookseller. Second edition revised of this excellent astronomical handbook and detailed instruction work on using mathematical and scientific instruments terrestrial and celestial globes armillary spheres planetariums orreries lunariums and more. Of particular interest in this work is the inclusion of George Adams 1750-1795 the younger mathematical instrument maker to King George III and the future King George IV. Listed with prices are his optical instruments including spectacles telescopes microscopes magnifying glasses camera obscura globes mathematical instruments surveying instruments navigation instruments electrical machines -- including discharging rods artificial spider and electrical cannon for gunpowder and many more. Printed for the Author, by R. Hindmarsh, Printer to His Royal Highness, the Prince of Wales, unknown
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ASTRONOMY. Hevelius Johannes 1611 1687
Johannis Hevelii Annus climactericus sive Rerum uranicarum observationum annus quadragesimus nonus; exhibens diversas occultationes tam planetarum quà m fixarum post editam machinam coelestem; nec non plurimas altitudines meridianas solis ac distantias planetarum fixarumqÌue eo anno quousque divinaconcessit benignitas impetratas: cum amicorum nonnullorum epistolis ad rem istam spectantibus: & continuatione historiae novæ stellæ in collo Ceti ut & annotationum rerum coelestium .
Danzig: 1685. SOLE EDITION. Folio:. Bound in 18th c. half calf and marbled boards with very slight wear. Spine with citron morocco label gilt. A nice copy with a few early marginal paper repairs no loss. The final two leaves of the table with repaired tears the second of these with a small natural paper flaw costing a few letters. Complete with the seven plates engraved by Hevelius himself. “Annus Climactericus†was the last of Hevelius’ works published in the author’s lifetime. The book comprises observations of the planets sun moon and fixed stars many of which were made alongside the English astronomer Edmond Halley. The observations were made from 8 January until 25 September 1679 subsequent to the publication of the second volume of Hevelius’ “Machina Coelestis†almost the entire press run of which was lost in the fire that destroyed Hevelius’ observatory on 26 September 1679. Hevelius also included new observations of the binary star Omicron Ceti which Hevelius had been observing for 25 years and which he had named “Mira†and grappled with the problem of its changing size and color. In addition the book includes Hevelius’ observations of the Great Comet of 1680 illustrated by a magnificent double-page plate engraved by Hevelius the total lunar eclipse of February 1682 the comet of 1682 the solar eclipse of July 1684 each also accompanied by a plate “Observator Sculpsit.†observations of several Great Conjunctions etc. There are also numerous letters to and from members of the Royal Society of England: Henry Oldenburg John Wallis John Flamsteed Nehemiah Grew and Halley as well as several European astronomers among them Ismaël Boulliau. The letters deal primarily with Hevelius’ feud with Robert Hooke over the merits of the use of telescopic sights for celestial observation vide infra. The “Climactic Year†to which the title of the book refers is 1679 the year in which Hevelius published his “Machinae Coelestis pars Posterior†which comprised 49 years worth of Hevelius’ celestial observations; and the year in which his observatory burned to the ground. In the introduction Hevelius gives his own account of the fire that consumed not only the observatory building itself but also Hevelius’ instruments “tam astronomicis quam opticis†his library his printing press and print making workshop and the irreplaceable stock of his self-published works. He also describes the psychological and emotional toll that the fire took on him and thanks God that at last his spirit “in cineribus hactenus fere supultum†was revived by the arrival of the Great Comet of 1680 and that he was able to make new observations. Hevelius Hooke and Halley: The Controversy over Open-Sight Instruments vs. Telescopic Observation The “Annus Climactericus†is of great importance in the history of science marking as it does the climax of a contentious debate between Hevelius who argued that his “open-sighted†instruments employing fore- and near-sights but no lenses or cross-hairs were more accurate than those fitted with telescopic sights micrometers with telescopic lenses and cross-hairs and Robert Hooke who argued against that position. Hooke and Hevelius had been arguing politely over the relative merits of both kinds of instruments since the 1660s but matters came to a head in 1673 with the publication of Hevelius’ “Machinae Coelestis Pars Prior†in which Hevelius forcefully enumerated the limitations of telescopic sights and Hooke’s critique of the book in which he wrote that readings taken with Hevelius’ instruments could not be more accurate than ½ minute of arc. Moreover he mocked Hevelius’ instruments which Hooke asserted were no better than the antiquated ones used by Tycho almost a century earlier his observations and methods. Moreover he asserted that Hevelius was not only providing the scientific community with incorrect data but was impeding scientific progress itself. Hevelius responded with a letter to Henry Oldenburg in which he asserted that his observations were in fact accurate to within 5 seconds of arc that he had never seen data that proved Hooke’s assertions and that he resented Hooke’s ad hominem attacks. Inevitably the astronomer John Flamsteed was drawn into the controversy and though he had great respect for Hevelius and voiced his disapproval of Hooke’s attacks felt compelled to note some of the errors in Hevelius' observations. Hevelius responded and the two men carried on a correspondence in which they argued over the data and during which Hevelius leveled charges of jealousy against Flamsteed and voiced his conviction that Flamsteed and Hooke were now conspiring against him. Fortunately the rift was eventually healed. Part of the correspondence is included in the “Annus Climactericusâ€. 1679: A Comparative Test: The arrival at Danzig of Edmond Halley who brought with him his portable 2 –foot quadrant fitted with telescopic sights presented an opportunity to compare results obtained with both types of instruments. The two men made observations side-by-side from 26 May to 18 July 1679 using Halley’s instrument and Hevelius’ own quadrant “with which he made regular observations of the Sun the large sextant for angular distances between stars planets and the limbs of the Moon and his 12-foot telescope for occultations.†Hevelius’ wife Elizabeth Hevelius’ personal printer and two other observers also participated. Before Halley left Danzig he wrote at Hevelius’ request what amounted to a testimonial to the accuracy of Hevelius’ open-sighted instruments. Halley wrote that he could testify “to the certainty of the instruments against all who would cast doubt on Hevelius’ observations. He had seen with his own eyes that not just occasional observations but many by different observers with the large sextant agreed incredibly well together and any discrepancies were very small which he greatly admired.â€Cook p. 100 In the introduction to the “Annus Climactericus†Hevelius excoriated Hooke and boasted that his calculations demolished Hooke’s assertions of the inferiority of Hevelius’ methods. The book was reviewed in the Philosophical Transactions of September-October 1685 by Hooke’s antagonist John Wallis who censured Hooke for his behavior toward Hevelius and took pains to rehearse each of Hevelius’ criticism of Hooke and to summarize the 27 letters of support that Hevelius printed in the “Annusâ€. Hooke responded to Hevelius in February 1686 in an effort to vindicate himself and Hevelius in turn wrote that he would publish his long-awaited star catalog “Uranographia†to furnish proof of the superiority of his methods but Hevelius’ death the following year put an end to the dispute. Postscript: Hevelius and Halley Hevelius printed Halley’s positive assessment of the Danzig astronomer’s instruments and calculations in the “Annus Climactericus†p. 101-102 and thereby drew Halley into the controversy with Hooke. Moreover Hevelius misrepresented the reason for Halley’s visit stating that he had invited Halley to Danzig the visit was Halley’s own idea that he had asked him to bring the telescopic quadrant which Halley had actually brought with him to make observations of the southern constellations on St. Helena and that Halley came to Danzig as an official representative of the Royal Society of which Halley was not yet a member. This all irritated Halley who in order to extricate himself from the Hevelius-Hooke controversy downplayed his original estimation of the accuracy of Hevelius’ calculations. Halley also realized that while attesting to the accuracy of Hevelius’ instruments he seemed to side with Hevelius against Hooke whose belief in the superiority of telescopic sights was in fact Halley’s own. While he never attacked Hevelius he put it forth that his earlier enthusiasm had been in part motivated by a desire to placate a “peevish old man.†In the end there was a poetic resolution to the tension between the two men: When Elizabeth Hevelius had her husband’s star catalogue printed in 1690 three years after Hevelius’ death She included Halley’s own catalogue of the stars of the southern hemisphere which was based on Halley’s observations made on St. Helena with the 2-ft quadrant just before his visit to Hevelius in 1679. VD17 39:125045B; DSB 6 363; Honeyman 1675. For a thorough discussion of the Hevelius-Hooke controversy see Saridakis “Converging Elements in the Development of Late Seventeenth-Century Disciplinary Astronomy: Instrumentation Education and the Hevelius-Hooke Controversy†p. 129 ff.; For an assessment of the relative accuracy of Halley’s and Hevelius’ computations at Danzig see Cook “Edmond Halley: Charting the Heavens and the Seas†p. 93 ff.; For Hevelius’ work on the binary star Mira Ceti see Hatch “Hevelius- History and Identity†in “Change and Continuity in Early Modern Cosmology†p 158 ff.; For D. Capellus’ contemporary account of the fire and a detailed inventory of Hevelius’ losses see MacPike “Hevelius Flamsteed Halley†Appendix I. London 1937 unknown
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Astronomy. Simon Seymour Auth
Jupiter
New York: William Morrow & Co 1985. Glossy pictorial boards in matching dust jacket with light surface rubbing. All about the giant stormy planet illustrated with photographs. Fascinating. First Printing. Fine/Near Fine. Square 4to. William Morrow & Co hardcover
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ASTRONOMY. HERSCHEL SIR John F.rederick W.illiam.
Outlines of astronomy. . . .
London: Longmans Green and Co. 1881. Thick 8vo. xxviii 753 1 pp. Engraved frontisp. 8 engraved plates 1 large folding over 100 text diagrams & illustrations. Contemporary full brown calf prize binding gilt lozenge armorial for Saint Oswald’s College Ellesmere embossed on both covers raised bands gilt decorated spine black & gilt morocco spine label marbled fore-edges endpapers very minor shelfwear slight rubbing very light rubbing to couple corners NF copy from the library of William B. Allen awarded by Mr. Wheatley Balme mathematics teacher at St. Oswald’s College in Summer 1890 w/ prize bookplate on front pastedown. New and revised edition of this excellent work originally published in 1848 and served for decades as the definitive presentation of astronomical sciences often updated to incorporate astronomical developments and discoveries through the Victorian era. Herschel 1792-1871 was the only son of William Herschel the founder of stellar astronomy was friends with Charles Babbage and George Peacock and discovered the galaxies NGC 7 NGC 10 NGC 25 and NGC 28. Longmans, Green, and Co., hardcover
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astronomy.
Royal Observatory Reports.
Greenwich:: The Royal Observatory c1872. Cloth. Near Fine. Separate pagination approx. 500 pp. total. 4to. 14 reports published as a bound volume circa 1872. Recently rebound in hunter-green half-cloth with the original boards bright gilt lettering to the spine and new endpapers. Very light wear to original boards minor foxing/soiling to scattered margins small "3" to first title pg. Interior otherwise clean and tight. With fold-out illustrations and b&w diagrams throughout. Reports include: "Plan of the Buildings and Grounds of the Royal Observatory Greenwich 1863 August; with Explanation and History"; "Description of the Galvanic Chronographic Apparatus" 1857; "Description of the Transit Circle" 1868; "Description of the Altazimuth" from 1847; "Description of the Reflex Zenith Tube"1856; "Description of the Great Equatorial" 1868; "Report of the Astronomer Royal to the Board of Visitors" 1871; "Astronomical and Magnetical and Meteorological Observations" 1872; "Transits Observed with the Transit-Circle and Computations of Apparent Right Ascension" 1870; "Horizontal and Vertical Diameters and Right Ascensions and North Polar Distances of the Sun Moon and Planets" 1870; "Observations of y Draconis with the Reflex Zenith Tube; and Reduction of the Observations" 1870; "Results of Magnetical and Meteorological Observations" 1870; "Results of Magnetical Observations" 1870; "Observations of Luminous Meteors" 1870. The Royal Observatory, hardcover
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Astronomy. Simon Seymour Auth
Saturn
New York: William Morrow & Co 1985. Glossy pictorial boards in matching dust jacket with light wear and one small tear. All about the mysterious ringed planet illustrated with photographs. Fascinating. First Printing. Fine/Near Fine. Square 4to. William Morrow & Co hardcover
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ASTRONOMY. COMETS. Weigel Erhard 1625a1699
Speculum Uranicum / Aquilae Romanae Sacrum / Das ist / Himels Spiegel / darinnen ausser denen ordentlichen auch die ungewöhnli- chen Erscheinungen des Himmels / mit gebührender Anführungen abgebildet / vornemlich aber 7 der im Gestirne des Adlers / jüngst- hin entstandene Comet / nebst einer neuen Himmels-Charte unter dem Adler des H. Römischen Reiches / dargestellt wird / von Erhardo VVeigelio .
Jena: 1661. FIRST EDITION. Quarto:. Modern wrappers. With an added engraved frontispiece added engraved star map in the form of a globe gore four added woodcut plates and a few woodcut diagrams within text. A rare astronomical work by the astronomer Erhard Weigel a teacher of Gottfried W. Leibniz. The engraved frontispiece shows a man holding a telescope standing before the University of Jena with other astronomical instruments quadrants sextants a globe etc. in the extreme foreground. Above the comet now known as Comet Ikeya-Zhang of 1661 can be seen within the constellation Aquila the Eagle just below Sagittarius. The globe shown in the engraving is outfitted with an "Astrodicticum simplex" an instrument devised by Weigel. The engraved plate by J. R. Schildknecht similar to an engraved globe gore shows the path of the comet of 1652 as it passes through the constellations. Erhard Weigel 1625–1699 was professor of mathematics at the University of Jena and Weimar Court Mathematician. In his "Speculum Uranicum" Weigel proposed renaming the constellation substituting figures from modern European heraldry and Christian symbols for the traditional mythological images. Thus 'Ursa Major' became 'The elephant of Denmark' 'Cygnus' became the 'Ruta and Swords of Saxony' 'Aquila' the eagle came to symbolize the House of Brandenburg 'Lyra' the Lyre came to represent England etc. Weigel gives a list of 140 comets previous to 1661 and surprisingly for a man who eschewed astrology records disasters and misfortunes that accompanied their appearances. He concludes his work with examples of unusual meteorological and geological phenomena meteors windstorms earthquakes and their effects. The nova of 1572 for example foretold the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre. Weigel was a well-regarded maker of instruments and globes. His teaching and published work had an enormous influence on many German astronomers & mathematicians including Gottfried W. Leibniz Johann Christoph Sturm 1635–1703 and Georg Christoph Eimmart 1638–1705. "Erhard Weigel astronomer astrologer and mathematician frequently attacked for his pansophic tendencies. In spite of his mathematical precision and the good astronomical observation it is rather the significance of comets which interests Weigel most." Faber du Faur Zinner p. 582; Poggendorff II 1283; Kenney 20; Brüning 1061; Pogg. II 1283; Struve 17; Bircher A1193; FdF 1506-07; not in Hou-zeau-L.; Lit.: Klaus-Dieter Herbst ed. Erhard Weigel 1625–1699 und die Wissenschaften. Frankfurt a.M.: Peter Lang 2013 unknown
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Astronomy.
The Astro Quest Star Finder.
Glenn Ellen CA: Glen Ellen Scientific Co 1970. Very Good condition. Seven pieces never assembled including packet of plastic holding devices for the Star Finder and the Star Finder Telescope. Also includes 4 printed folded sheet of directions time zone map etc. All very low tech but very cool. Glen Ellen Scientific Co unknown
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ASTRONOMY. VINCE S.amuel.
The elements of astronomy: designed for the use of students in the university. . . .
Philadelphia: Published by Kimber and Conrad No. 93 Market Street T.& G. Palmer printers 1811. 8vo. 4 242 pp. Numerous text diagrams and engravings 1 large folding copper-engraved plate at rear for the appendix. Contemporary speckled tree calf gilt ruling on spine red & gilt morocco spine label slight bumping rubbing to corners minor shelfwear very light occasional toning still VG bright copy. First American edition stated of the author’s informative work on astronomy including sections on determining longitude and latitude the discoveries of Kepler the Transits of Venus and Mercury as well as being the first introduction to the American market of the observations by Nevil Maskelyne on the Great Trigonometrical Survey reprinted in this volume. This copy includes the very scarce folding plate often lacking. Vince 1749-1821 was a mathematician astronomer and clergyman at the Univ. of Cambridge awarded the Copley Medal in 1780. Published by Kimber and Conrad, No. 93, Market Street, T.& G. Palmer, printers, unknown
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Astronomy. Horsley Samuel Bishop of St. Asaph 1733 1806.
On VIRGIL'S TWO SEASONS Of HONEY And His SEASON Of SOWING WHEAT.; With a New and Compendious Method of Investigating the Risings and Settings of the Fixed Stars
London: Printed for J. Hatchard Bookseller to Her Majesty 1805. 1st Edition. Disbound now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Age-toning Very Good. 4 40 pp. Two folding copperplate engravings. 4to. 9-3/4" x 8" <br/><br/> Printed for J. Hatchard, Bookseller to Her Majesty unknown books
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ASTRONOMY. Hevelius Johannes 1611 1687
Johannis Hevelii Annus climactericus sive Rerum uranicarum observationum annus quadragesimus nonus; exhibens diversas occultationes tam planetarum quà m fixarum post editam machinam coelestem; nec non plurimas altitudines meridianas solis ac distantias planetarum fixarumqÌue eo anno quousque divinaconcessit benignitas impetratas: cum amicorum nonnullorum epistolis ad rem istam spectantibus: & continuatione historiae novæ stellæ in collo Ceti ut & annotationum rerum coelestium .
Danzig:: Sumptibus auctoris typis D.F. Rhetii 1685. SOLE EDITION. Folio:. 34.8 x 22.5 cm. 6 lvs. 24 196 pp. Collation: 6 4 4 4 A-Z4 AA6. With engraved title page vignette and 7 1 double-page engraved plates. Bound in 18th c. half calf and marbled boards with very slight wear. Spine with citron morocco label gilt. A nice copy with a few early marginal paper repairs no loss. The final two leaves of the table with repaired tears the second of these with a small natural paper flaw costing a few letters. Complete with the seven plates engraved by Hevelius himself. "Annus Climactericus" was the last of Hevelius' works published in the author's lifetime. The book comprises observations of the planets sun moon and fixed stars many of which were made alongside the English astronomer Edmond Halley. The observations were made from 8 January until 25 September 1679 subsequent to the publication of the second volume of Hevelius' "Machina Coelestis" almost the entire press run of which was lost in the fire that destroyed Hevelius' observatory on 26 September 1679. Hevelius also included new observations of the binary star Omicron Ceti which Hevelius had been observing for 25 years and which he had named "Mira" and grappled with the problem of its changing size and color. In addition the book includes Hevelius' observations of the Great Comet of 1680 illustrated by a magnificent double-page plate engraved by Hevelius the total lunar eclipse of February 1682 the comet of 1682 the solar eclipse of July 1684 each also accompanied by a plate "Observator Sculpsit." observations of several Great Conjunctions etc.There are also numerous letters to and from members of the Royal Society of England: Henry Oldenburg John Wallis John Flamsteed Nehemiah Grew and Halley as well as several European astronomers among them Ismaël Boulliau. The letters deal primarily with Hevelius' feud with Robert Hooke over the merits of the use of telescopic sights for celestial observation vide infra.The "Climactic Year" to which the title of the book refers is 1679 the year in which Hevelius published his "Machinae Coelestis pars Posterior" which comprised 49 years worth of Hevelius' celestial observations; and the year in which his observatory burned to the ground. In the introduction Hevelius gives his own account of the fire that consumed not only the observatory building itself but also Hevelius' instruments "tam astronomicis quam opticis" his library his printing press and print making workshop and the irreplaceable stock of his self-published works. He also describes the psychological and emotional toll that the fire took on him and thanks God that at last his spirit "in cineribus hactenus fere supultum" was revived by the arrival of the Great Comet of 1680 and that he was able to make new observations.Hevelius Hooke and Halley: The Controversy over Open-Sight Instruments vs. Telescopic ObservationThe "Annus Climactericus" is of great importance in the history of science marking as it does the climax of a contentious debate between Hevelius who argued that his "open-sighted" instruments employing fore- and near-sights but no lenses or cross-hairs were more accurate than those fitted with telescopic sights micrometers with telescopic lenses and cross-hairs and Robert Hooke who argued against that position.Hooke and Hevelius had been arguing politely over the relative merits of both kinds of instruments since the 1660s but matters came to a head in 1673 with the publication of Hevelius' "Machinae Coelestis Pars Prior" in which Hevelius forcefully enumerated the limitations of telescopic sights and Hooke's critique of the book in which he wrote that readings taken with Hevelius' instruments could not be more accurate than ½ minute of arc. Moreover he mocked Hevelius' instruments which Hooke asserted were no better than the antiquated ones used by Tycho almost a century earlier his observations and methods. Moreover he asserted that Hevelius was not only providing the scientific community with incorrect data but was impeding scientific progress itself.Hevelius responded with a letter to Henry Oldenburg in which he asserted that his observations were in fact accurate to within 5 seconds of arc that he had never seen data that proved Hooke's assertions and that he resented Hooke's ad hominem attacks. Inevitably the astronomer John Flamsteed was drawn into the controversy and though he had great respect for Hevelius and voiced his disapproval of Hooke's attacks felt compelled to note some of the errors in Hevelius' observations. Hevelius responded and the two men carried on a correspondence in which they argued over the data and during which Hevelius leveled charges of jealousy against Flamsteed and voiced his conviction that Flamsteed and Hooke were now conspiring against him. Fortunately the rift was eventually healed. Part of the correspondence is included in the "Annus Climactericus".1679: A Comparative Test:The arrival at Danzig of Edmond Halley who brought with him his portable 2 –foot quadrant fitted with telescopic sights presented an opportunity to compare results obtained with both types of instruments. The two men made observations side-by-side from 26 May to 18 July 1679 using Halley's instrument and Hevelius' own quadrant "with which he made regular observations of the Sun the large sextant for angular distances between stars planets and the limbs of the Moon and his 12-foot telescope for occultations." Hevelius' wife Elizabeth Hevelius' personal printer and two other observers also participated.Before Halley left Danzig he wrote at Hevelius' request what amounted to a testimonial to the accuracy of Hevelius' open-sighted instruments. Halley wrote that he could testify "to the certainty of the instruments against all who would cast doubt on Hevelius' observations. He had seen with his own eyes that not just occasional observations but many by different observers with the large sextant agreed incredibly well together and any discrepancies were very small which he greatly admired."Cook p. 100In the introduction to the "Annus Climactericus" Hevelius excoriated Hooke and boasted that his calculations demolished Hooke's assertions of the inferiority of Hevelius' methods. The book was reviewed in the Philosophical Transactions of September-October 1685 by Hooke's antagonist John Wallis who censured Hooke for his behavior toward Hevelius and took pains to rehearse each of Hevelius' criticism of Hooke and to summarize the 27 letters of support that Hevelius printed in the "Annus". Hooke responded to Hevelius in February 1686 in an effort to vindicate himself and Hevelius in turn wrote that he would publish his long-awaited star catalog "Uranographia" to furnish proof of the superiority of his methods but Hevelius' death the following year put an end to the dispute.Postscript: Hevelius and HalleyHevelius printed Halley's positive assessment of the Danzig astronomer's instruments and calculations in the "Annus Climactericus" p. 101-102 and thereby drew Halley into the controversy with Hooke. Moreover Hevelius misrepresented the reason for Halley's visit stating that he had invited Halley to Danzig the visit was Halley's own idea that he had asked him to bring the telescopic quadrant which Halley had actually brought with him to make observations of the southern constellations on St. Helena and that Halley came to Danzig as an official representative of the Royal Society of which Halley was not yet a member.This all irritated Halley who in order to extricate himself from the Hevelius-Hooke controversy downplayed his original estimation of the accuracy of Hevelius' calculations. Halley also realized that while attesting to the accuracy of Hevelius' instruments he seemed to side with Hevelius against Hooke whose belief in the superiority of telescopic sights was in fact Halley's own.While he never attacked Hevelius he put it forth that his earlier enthusiasm had been in part motivated by a desire to placate a "peevish old man." In the end there was a poetic resolution to the tension between the two men: When Elizabeth Hevelius had her husband's star catalogue printed in 1690 three years after Hevelius' death She included Halley's own catalogue of the stars of the southern hemisphere which was based on Halley's observations made on St. Helena with the 2-ft quadrant just before his visit to Hevelius in 1679. VD17 39:125045B; DSB 6 363; Honeyman 1675. For a thorough discussion of the Hevelius-Hooke controversy see Saridakis "Converging Elements in the Development of Late Seventeenth-Century Disciplinary Astronomy: Instrumentation Education and the Hevelius-Hooke Controversy" p. 129 ff.; For an assessment of the relative accuracy of Halley's and Hevelius' computations at Danzig see Cook "Edmond Halley: Charting the Heavens and the Seas" p. 93 ff.; For Hevelius' work on the binary star Mira Ceti see Hatch "Hevelius- History and Identity" in "Change and Continuity in Early Modern Cosmology" p 158 ff.; For D. Capellus' contemporary account of the fire and a detailed inventory of Hevelius' losses see MacPike "Hevelius Flamsteed Halley" Appendix I. London 1937 Sumptibus auctoris, typis D.F. Rhetii, books
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Atanasijevic, I
Selected Exercises in Galactic Astronomy. In: Astrophysics and Space Science Library, a series of books on the recent developments of space science and of general geophysics and astrophysics, published in connection with the journal Space Science Reviews. Volume 26.
Dordrecht et al., D. Reidel, 1971. 1. ed. IX, 144 p. Gr.-8°, original clothbound.
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Disks of Galaxies: Kinematics, Dynamics and Perturbations. In: Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series, Volume 275.
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Athay, R. Grant
Solar Chromosphere and Corona: Quiet Sun. (= Astrophysics and Space Science Library, Volume 53).
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Audouze Jean
CNO isotopes in astrophysics Volume 67 Astrophysics and space science library Sommaire: CNO isotopes in the solar system; CNO isotopes in stars; CNO isotopes in the interstellat medium...
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Conversations sur l'Invisible.
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AUDOUZE Jean, CASSE Michel et CARRIERE Jean-Claude
Conversations sur l'invisible.
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Audouze Jean
Conversations sur l’invisible
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Encyclopédie d'astronomie de Cambridge
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Audouze Jean, Chièze Jean-Pierre
Enquête sur l'univers
Nathan. 1990. In-8. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 227 pages augmentées de nombreuses photos en couleurs, dans et hors texte.. . . . Classification Dewey : 520-Astronomie et sciences connexes
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Audiganne (Armand)
Francois Arago son génie et son influence caractères de la science au XIXe siècle
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Audouze Cameron Chiu Encrenaz Leuquex
La recherche en astrophysique
Seuil 1977 poche. 1977. Broché.
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AUDIGER F.-
Le commencement et la fin du Monde. Etude scientifique.-
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AUDIFFREDI GIOVANBATTISTA.
Phaenomena caelestia observata Romae.
Cm. 22, pp. xx, 119 (1). Fregio al frontespizio, testate e capolettera. Bella leg. coeva in cart. dipinto. Qualche piccola mancanza al dorso, peraltro esemplare genuino e marginoso, in barbe. Opera che presenta il risultato delle osservazioni di occultazione da parte della luna effettuate dal Padre Audifreddi durante il 1753 al fine di identificare la posizione della sua specola. Vi si rintraccia la prima scoperta della molteplicità del sistema di Spica (in particolare nell'esservazione del 10 giugno 1753). Cfr. Costantini (Storia dell'astronomia): "Audifreddi noted that the emersion's duration from the bright lunar limb was not instantaneous"; Riccardi I, 59. Edizione originale, rara. Purtroppo priva delle due tavole f.t. citate da Iccu.
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