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Lubbock, J. W.

 
9781108068628: On the Determination of the Distance of a Comet from the Earth: And Other Works

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A one-volume reissue of works published between 1832 and 1861, including writings on astronomy, gases and the tides.

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Even while professionally engaged in banking, Sir John William Lubbock (1803–65) applied his formidable mind to scientific questions. Originally published between 1832 and 1861, the pieces in this one-volume reissue include his writings on astronomy, gases and the tides, as well as a lecture discussing the discovery of Neptune.

Contenuti

1. On the determination of the distance of a comet from the Earth; 2. On the theory of the moon, and on the perturbations of the planets; 3. Elementary treatise on the computation of eclipses and occultations; 4. Elementary treatise on the tides; 5. On the heat of vapours and on astronomical refractions; 6. On the discovery of the planet Neptune.

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