On the Determination of the Orbits of Comets: According To The Methods Of Father Boscovich And Mr De La Place - Couverture souple

Englefield, Henry

 
9781108061735: On the Determination of the Orbits of Comets: According To The Methods Of Father Boscovich And Mr De La Place
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ISBN 10 : 1108061737 ISBN 13 : 9781108061735
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2013

Synopsis

When this book first appeared in 1793, there had been no significant work on comets published in English since Edmond Halley's death some fifty years before. In Europe the field was dominated by French astronomers such as Pingré and Laplace, but their ornate styles were often difficult to translate. In this concise monograph, Sir Henry Englefield (c.1752–1822) draws both on this continental work and on his own correspondence with William Herschel to produce one of the few accessible manuals in English for the computation of cometary orbits. He includes mathematical examples as new formulae are introduced, along with detailed tables and appendices. Englefield's particular interest was in the development of scientific instruments suitable for travellers - he devised a portable telescope and lent his name to the Englefield mountain barometer - and his passion for efficiency shines through in this work, still valuable to researchers in the history of astronomy and comet science.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

When this book first appeared in 1793, there had been no significant work on comets published in English since Edmond Halley's death some fifty years before. In Europe the field was dominated by French astronomers such as Pingré and Laplace, but their ornate styles were often difficult to translate. In this concise monograph, Sir Henry Englefield (c.1752–1822) draws both on this continental work and on his own correspondence with William Herschel to produce one of the few accessible manuals in English for the computation of cometary orbits. He includes mathematical examples as new formulae are introduced, along with detailed tables and appendices. Englefield's particular interest was in the development of scientific instruments suitable for travellers - he devised a portable telescope and lent his name to the Englefield mountain barometer - and his passion for efficiency shines through in this work, still valuable to researchers in the history of astronomy and comet science.

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Éditeur
Cambridge University Press
Date d'édition
2013
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1108061737
ISBN 13 
9781108061735
Reliure
Broché
Numéro d'édition
1
Nombre de pages
290
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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ISBN 10 :  1385162627 ISBN 13 :  9781385162620
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