THE PRACTICAL ASTRONOMER, COMPRISING ILLUSTRATIONS OF LIGHT AND COLOURS—PRACTICAL DESCRIPTIONS OF ALL KINDS OF TELESCOPES—THE USE OF THE EQUATORIAL-TRANSIT—CIRCULAR, AND OTHER ASTRONOMICAL INSTRUMENTS, A PARTICULAR ACCOUNT OF THE EARL OF ROSSE’S LARGE TELESCOPES, AND OTHER TOPICS CONNECTED WITH ASTRONOMY. BY THOMAS DICK, LL.D. AUTHOR OF THE “CHRISTIAN PHILOSOPHER,” “CELESTIAL SCENERY,” “THE SIDEREAL HEAVENS,” &C. &C. Illustrated with One hundred Engravings. SEELEY, BURNSIDE, AND SEELEY, FLEET-STREET, LONDON. MDCCCXLV.

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